Advantages of Georgia for those desiring homes in a genial climate1906-7 . andflour mill. All these towns have telephone facilities and Hartwell and Royston haveelectric lights. At Hartwell is the Hartwell Collegiate Institute. All these Northeast Georgia counties have splendid lands for the production ofthe staple crops which we have alreaady named in the counties of NorthwestGeorgia, excellent also for vegetables and fruits. In the upper tier of the mountaincounties cotton is not raised. In many localities tobacco is cultivated and some of thefarmers make a fair profit from its sale. Splendi
Advantages of Georgia for those desiring homes in a genial climate1906-7 . andflour mill. All these towns have telephone facilities and Hartwell and Royston haveelectric lights. At Hartwell is the Hartwell Collegiate Institute. All these Northeast Georgia counties have splendid lands for the production ofthe staple crops which we have alreaady named in the counties of NorthwestGeorgia, excellent also for vegetables and fruits. In the upper tier of the mountaincounties cotton is not raised. In many localities tobacco is cultivated and some of thefarmers make a fair profit from its sale. Splendid apples are raised all over NorthGeorgia and the most luscious peaches are produced in the great orchards that dotthe tops and slopes of the hills in all the counties traversed by the various lines ofrailway on the western side and the Southern Railway and its branches on the I. C. Wade, a Northern gentleman and ex-Union soldier, at one time land and in-dustrial agent of the Southern Railway, now makes his home at Cornelia and con- o o C z o G 2: w oo CI z. +6 Georgias Resources and Advantages. siders that regiun one of the garden spots of the workl. Hun. O. B. Stevens, Ex-Com-misioner of Agriculture, has orchards of apples and peaches at Cornelia and considersthem a splendid investment. Strawberries and raspberries of the finest varieties areraised in profusion all over the counties of Northwest Georgia along the lines of theWestern and Atlantic, the Southern, the Central of Georgia, the Chattanooga South-ern and the Alabama Great Southern, and in Northeast Georgia along the Southernand its branches. Grapes too are abundant and in the vineyards around Cornelia andat (jther points are found the best varieties. Most of the chestnuts sold in the citiesand towns of Georgia in the fall and winter are raised in the northern tier of coun-ties. The most magnificent cabbages, white and crisp, are raised in this same section,as are also turnips of great size and excellent f
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