. 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. Gardening. 858 KENTUCKY KERRIA secured in fruit-production are possible largely on ac- count of the immunity from late spring frosts, due to elevated locations and to the deeply eroded river chan- nels, which afford abundant cold air drainage. In the extreme southwestern corner of the state (near K in Pig. 1209), in the c
. 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. Gardening. 858 KENTUCKY KERRIA secured in fruit-production are possible largely on ac- count of the immunity from late spring frosts, due to elevated locations and to the deeply eroded river chan- nels, which afford abundant cold air drainage. In the extreme southwestern corner of the state (near K in Pig. 1209), in the counties of Carlisle, Hickman and Fulton, a combination of favorable conditions has led to an extensive development of the trucking and small fruit interests. Chief among these conditions are a fer- tile soil, a warm spring temperature, and direct and rapid transportation, both by water and rail, to northern cities. Many hundreds of acres of strawberries are grown, and the production of beans, spinach, melons and other gar- den crops is of nearly equal importance. In the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, the fruit and vege- table-growing interests are quite extensive, although the conditions for market-gardening have led to a greater development of that business upon the northern than upon the Kentucky side of the Ohio river. About two-fifths of the eastern portion of Kentucky, comprising the mountainous part of the state, is still sparsely settled, its agriculture is confined to a few staple crops produced, in many cases, by primitive methods, and true horticulture is comparatively un- known over a great part of this vast area, although, as shown in isolated localities, nearly all our fruits and vegetables can be grown with perfect success. Within the borders of this mountain region, in the southeastern part of the state, are several prosperous German and Swiss colonies, nearly every member of which, with characteristic industry and thrift, has possessed him- self, on some part of
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