Archive image from page 547 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail2 Year: 1900 1022 MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI 45 inches in the northern part, the amount increasing to about (iO inches in the extreme south. The winter tem- perature is rarely as low as zero in any portion of the state, while
Archive image from page 547 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail2 Year: 1900 1022 MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI 45 inches in the northern part, the amount increasing to about (iO inches in the extreme south. The winter tem- perature is rarely as low as zero in any portion of the state, while the extreme summer heat rarely reaches 100° in the northern part; while near the Gulf coast ° is the usual limit. The first frosts usually occur in Novem- ber, and spring frosts are rare after the middle of March. The soil is extremely variable. The western portion of the state, Itnown as the Yazoo Delta, has one of the richest alluvial soils in the world, and one well suited 1409. Mississippi, showins horticultural M/f--~ for the growing of vegetables. The north-central part of the state consists largely of yellow clay hills, not very fertile and liable to serious injury from erosion, but with very fertile valleys between them, while the northeast- ern section has a strong lime soil which is very produc- tive. Nearly all of the southern half of the state has a sandy loam soil underlaid with clay at a depth of a few inches, making those lands among the most desirable for the cultivation of either fruits or vegetables. Although both fruits and vegetables are grown for export in all parts of the state, there are three districts in which horticultural Avork is specially prominent. These are (Fig. 1409): 1. The northeastern district, covering the territory along the Mobile and Ohio railroad from Boone- ville south to West Point. 2. The central district, covering the territory along the Illinois Central railroad from Durant south to Brookhaven. 3. The Gulf coast district, co
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