. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Texas peaches are Tyler, Swan, andLindale in Smith county, and Jacksonville in Cherokeecounty. Nueces and Bee counties lead in the productionof vegetables, which are successfully grown in the coastcountry, for the distance of a hundred miles inland, andalso in eastern Texas. While tomatoes are raised in thegreatest abundance in the latter region, especially in Smith,Cherokee, and Nacogdoches counties, they are also exten-sively grown in the Coastal belt and in many other localitiesunder irrigation. Within the last few years attention has been d
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Texas peaches are Tyler, Swan, andLindale in Smith county, and Jacksonville in Cherokeecounty. Nueces and Bee counties lead in the productionof vegetables, which are successfully grown in the coastcountry, for the distance of a hundred miles inland, andalso in eastern Texas. While tomatoes are raised in thegreatest abundance in the latter region, especially in Smith,Cherokee, and Nacogdoches counties, they are also exten-sively grown in the Coastal belt and in many other localitiesunder irrigation. Within the last few years attention has been directed tothe cultivation of the Irish potato, and with such successthat the crop for 1904 reached 2,246,112 bushels, valuedat over two million dollars. At Laredo, Cotidla, and otherpoints excellent onion crops have been secured. 69. Nuts. An important nut crop is furnished by thepecan trees which fringe the streams in the central andsouth central parts of the state, especially in San Saba,Brown, Lampasas, Coleman, Colorado, and Bexar Fig. 64. Japanese Kk k Faumeks xeak Port Lavaca,Calhoun County
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