. Texas ... an illustrated description of present conditions in the Lone Star state, with comparative tables showing the marvelous growth and exceptional advantages offered to the prospective investor or homeseeker . and vegetables ripen from four to six weeks earlier than in most any other section. Being with-in easy reach of northern markets, they find ready sale and top prices. Five years ago truck and fruit growing in Texas was of no consequence. In 1900 there were 6,500 cars of truck and fruit shipped out of Texas, yielding $1,- 787,500 for this crop alone. More than 48,000 acres are in c
. Texas ... an illustrated description of present conditions in the Lone Star state, with comparative tables showing the marvelous growth and exceptional advantages offered to the prospective investor or homeseeker . and vegetables ripen from four to six weeks earlier than in most any other section. Being with-in easy reach of northern markets, they find ready sale and top prices. Five years ago truck and fruit growing in Texas was of no consequence. In 1900 there were 6,500 cars of truck and fruit shipped out of Texas, yielding $1,- 787,500 for this crop alone. More than 48,000 acres are in cultivation this year (1902), being less than one per cent of what Texas can profitably grow. At Pittsburg, Texas. Members of the Fruit and Truck Growers Association are pre-paring to plant a larger acreage in fruits and vegetables than ever 23 - __ _ * X - :. / 3^ - _ !* L /< ; ?- Loading Watermelons. before. The Association has purchased 75,000 peach trees to planton 750 acres of land; they will also plant 100 acres in tomatoes, 100acres in Irish potatoes, and 100 acres in cantaloupes. What Is Thought of the East Texas Country for Fruit T. V. Munson, the Grape Specialist, of Denison, says:. Picking Peaches. The soil throughout that section is just what the fruit growers need to grow the finest character of fruits. Prof. F. W. Mally, State Entomologist and ex-President of the Texas State Horticultural Society, says: No section in the country presents such a rich and fertile soil, a soil so well adapted to the growing of fruits and vegetables. Mr. J. S. Kerr, Fruit Grower, of Sherman, says: The red land belt of East Texas cannot be excelled for peaches. The specimens exhibited at the State meetinglast July were as fine as I eversaw from any country. Mr. E. W. Kirkpatrick, ofthe McKinney Nursery Com-pany, says: Too much cannotbe said of that section as afruit and vegetable soils and topography areall that heart could wish. Iregret that I did not disco
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