Archive image from page 358 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 cyclopediaofam04bail Year: 1900 TEXAS TEXAS 17S9 fall; the ir is very pure, so that diseases are almost unlsnown. 7. The Rio Graude Valley is much warmer in the same latitude than the Pecos valley, othervpise the horti- cultural conditions are
Archive image from page 358 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 cyclopediaofam04bail Year: 1900 TEXAS TEXAS 17S9 fall; the ir is very pure, so that diseases are almost unlsnown. 7. The Rio Graude Valley is much warmer in the same latitude than the Pecos valley, othervpise the horti- cultural conditions are pretty much the same. At El Paso and Tsleta, a little way south on the Texas side, considerable quantities of vinifera grapes of table varieties are grown under irrigation and shipped to other Texas and Farther down western parts of the state the northern and eastern style of park, cemetery and private grounds decoration is mostly copied, as is also the architecture. Some very creditable examples are seen in Dallas, Waco, Austin, Paris, Sherman, Gainesville, Fort Worth and other places. There are numerous small, and a few fair-sized nurseries scattered over the state, chiefly in the Red shippi-d to the larger Texas cities and the North. The grapes are of the Old World varie- ties, and ripen in June; quently have no competition and bring Hue prices. The conditions mense quantities of as fine grapes of this class c:ni be grown in this part of Texas as in the best re- gions of C a 1 i - fornia, and the cost of getting to market is not more than half as much. Undoubt- edly the triangu- lar region be- tween San An- tonio, Laredo and Del Rio will in the near future have extensive commercial vine- yards of vinifera grapes. The Spanish taste in home grounds among the wealthy of southwestern Te: horizontal lines indicate areas suitable for apples; vertical lines for peaches. who are chiefly stock-growers and merchants, prevails largely. It consists of a plaza, or open sq
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