. Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed . st returns, and general farming has also proved a thorough locality has the best of railroad facilities and all parts of it are be-ing settled by desirable and industrious people from the North andelsewhere. The general surface of the country is sufficiently above themean tide level to afford good drainage. The soil varies somewhat indifferent localities, consisting, however, mainly of a sandy loam, whichis very fertile and suited to the growth of any crop which it is desirableto cultivate. By reason
. Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed . st returns, and general farming has also proved a thorough locality has the best of railroad facilities and all parts of it are be-ing settled by desirable and industrious people from the North andelsewhere. The general surface of the country is sufficiently above themean tide level to afford good drainage. The soil varies somewhat indifferent localities, consisting, however, mainly of a sandy loam, whichis very fertile and suited to the growth of any crop which it is desirableto cultivate. By reason of the proximity of the Gulf stream an ample THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. and seasonable rainfall is generally assured. Good clear water can behad at a depth of from fifteen to twenty feet in most localities. In ad-dition unlimited supplies of the purest water is obtained from artesianwells sunk to varying depths as may arise. The climate of the Caro-lina Coast country is unexcelled in America. The winds coming in-land templer the heat of summer and the cold of winter rendering the. climate more equable and free from the sudden transitions of temepera-ture found further north and west. It seldom goes above ninetv orninety-five in summer or below twenty-five in winter, the latter veryseldom, while the ocean breeze makes it refreshing even in the warm-est days of midsummer. The nights are deliciously cool, the country-is healthful, and pulmonary diseases gain little if any foothold here. 16 THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. Farming and especially trucking-, either on an important or smallerscale, can be prosecuted here under the most favorable value and prospective advancement into consideration land maybe purchashed here per acre ranging say, from $25 close to the city toas low as $5 a few miles distant. The chief crops raised in this vicinityfor shipment are lettuce, strawberries, beets, potatoes, cantelope toma-toes, peas, beans, asparagus, celery, cauliflower, squash, swe
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