. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. 8. Variegation inMiscanthus the left, variegatus ;middle. zc6W?; right,gracillimus. MISSISSIPPI, HOKTICULTUKE IN. Fig. 1401). Mississippi extends about 325 miles from north to south and175 miles from east to west. The surface is mostly un-dulating, with few abrupt hi
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. 8. Variegation inMiscanthus the left, variegatus ;middle. zc6W?; right,gracillimus. MISSISSIPPI, HOKTICULTUKE IN. Fig. 1401). Mississippi extends about 325 miles from north to south and175 miles from east to west. The surface is mostly un-dulating, with few abrupt hills, and the highest part ofthe state, the northeastern section, is less than feetabove the sea level. It has an annual rainfall of aln>ut 1022 jussissirpi 45 inches in tne northern part, the amount increasing toabout 00 inches in the extreme south. The winter tem-perature is rarely as low as zero in any portion of thestate, while the extreme summer heat rarely reaches 100°in the northern part; while near the Gulf coast 95° isthe usual limit. Theflrst frosts usually occur in Novem-ber, and spring frosts are rare after the middle of soil is extremely variable. The western portion ofthe state, known as the Yazoo Delta, has one of therichest alluvial soils in the world, and one well suited. fur the growing of vegetables. The north-central partof the state consists largely of yellow clay hills, not veryfertile and liable to serious injury from erosion, but withvery fertile valleys between them, while the northeast-ern section has a strong lime soil which is very produc-tive. Nearly all of the southern half of the state has asandy loam soil tmderlaid with clay at a depth of a fewinches, making those lands among the most desirablefor the cultivation of either fruits or vegetables. Although both fruits and vegetables are grown forexport in all parts of the state, there are three districtsin which horticultural work is specially are (Fig. U09): 1. T
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