. North Carolina and its resources. ourse the shippingseason for the northern markets ceases when the supply north of usbecomes plentiful, but strawberries can be had most of the summer inthis region. The strawberrj^ business has reached large proportionsin the counties of Craven, I^enoir, AVaj-ne, Duplin, Pender, NewHanover, and Columbus, and is one of the most rapidly grovdnginterests along the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Blackberries doequally well though there has not been so much attention paid totheir culture. The Lucretia dewberry, v^^hich can be shipped fromthis section in May has be
. North Carolina and its resources. ourse the shippingseason for the northern markets ceases when the supply north of usbecomes plentiful, but strawberries can be had most of the summer inthis region. The strawberrj^ business has reached large proportionsin the counties of Craven, I^enoir, AVaj-ne, Duplin, Pender, NewHanover, and Columbus, and is one of the most rapidly grovdnginterests along the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Blackberries doequally well though there has not been so much attention paid totheir culture. The Lucretia dewberry, v^^hich can be shipped fromthis section in May has been found to be very profitable and itsculture as well as that of the high bush varieties is have not been cultivated to much extent, as they arefound not to ship so well long distances. Cherries, except theMorello and Duke classes do not thrive well in the Coastal Chinese quince and the fine variety known as the Champion,which does not do very well at the North, would be found profitablefruits Fruit Growing. 171 The Sand Hill Section.—This is the beginning of the greatsand} ridge that extends in a southwest direction from NorthCarolina, through South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,Louisiana and terminates in Texas. It extends in this Statethrough parts of the counties of Harnett, Cumberland, Richmond, and is a well marked line of division between theCoastal plain and the lower Piedmont regions. It is a region ofelevated sandy ridges, covered with a growth of long leaf pine, nowin most sections very largely depleted by the operations of the turpen-tine gatherers and the lumbermen, which is being followed by agrowth of scrub oaks of various species. Until recent years it hasbeen a wild forest with little attempt to cultivate the apparentlybarren soil. The dr}^ soil and the balmy climate have of late yearsattracted attention to the region as a winter resort for persons afflictedwith diseases of the throat and lungs, and
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