. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1131. Indiana. Showing the isotherms. Southern Indiana has a mean annual temperature 8° to 10° warmer than that of the northern end. With other favorable conditions iu the way of soil, protection from severe winds and perfect atmospheric drainage, owing to the fact that the country for the most part is hilly, t
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1131. Indiana. Showing the isotherms. Southern Indiana has a mean annual temperature 8° to 10° warmer than that of the northern end. With other favorable conditions iu the way of soil, protection from severe winds and perfect atmospheric drainage, owing to the fact that the country for the most part is hilly, the peach and other tender fruits are successfully grown. Here, on the banks of the Ohio river, was, until recently, one of the largest peach orchards in the middle West; and even now orchards of from 40,000 to 50,000 trees may be seen on the "knobs" in Clark and Wash- ington counties. Here, too, is the home of the "Big Red Apple" (Ben Davis) and the Kiefferpear. The largest Kieffer pear orchard may be seen near the town of Salem, iu Washington county. This orchard consists of 12,000 trees. The soil in southern Indiana is for the most part decidedly different from that found farther north. In a report of the United States Geological Survey made some years ago, mention is made of the "white clay lands,"which cover a large portion of southern Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, where most of the finest fruit is grown. In Indiana the northern boundary of this pecu- liar formation, according to the description, begins near Terre Haute on the west, and passes more or less irregu- larly across the state, passing into Ohio nearBrookville, Franklin county. Thus the greater portion of the state south of this line is made up of this white clay deposit. In many places this clay becomes almost a brick-red, but the characteristics are, in general, the same, whatever the color. An apple orchard consisting of such varie- ties as Ben Davis, Rome Beauty, Winesap, Rail's G
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