. Elements of agriculture, southern and western. Agriculture; Agriculture. ORCHARD CROPS 521 little elevated land in Alabama. Tlie elevated sections of Northern Arkansas grow immense quantities of fine a[)ples. Texas people grow a few fine winter-keeping apples on the lands having an elevation of 2000 feet and above in the western part of the state. The apples grown on the lowlands of the South mature in summer, when the weather is too warm for them to keep. In the higher, more northerly, and cooler sections apples ripen in the. Fig. 84. — Figs at the Lxi-i^.uimkm Siaiiois fall, when th
. Elements of agriculture, southern and western. Agriculture; Agriculture. ORCHARD CROPS 521 little elevated land in Alabama. Tlie elevated sections of Northern Arkansas grow immense quantities of fine a[)ples. Texas people grow a few fine winter-keeping apples on the lands having an elevation of 2000 feet and above in the western part of the state. The apples grown on the lowlands of the South mature in summer, when the weather is too warm for them to keep. In the higher, more northerly, and cooler sections apples ripen in the. Fig. 84. — Figs at the Lxi-i^.uimkm Siaiiois fall, when the weather is cool enough for them to keep over winter. Where apples do well, they are more cer- tain to yield well than peaches, and the trees live longer. Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ai-kansas, Oklalioma, Mis- souri, and Kansas all have great possibilities in the way of apple growing. Figs. — In the United States the fig is one of the best and surest fruits that are grown, for latitudes south of thirty- one and one-half and for a considerable distance north. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Welborn, W. C; Ness, H; Sanborn, Charles Emerson, 1877-; Marstellar, R. P. New York, The Macmillan company
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