Archive image from page 324 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 In eastern Indiana tbe plum ami tliB cherry are grown more largely than the peach, while the central part of the state excels in pears. Small-fruits are abundant everywhere. Southern Indiana has a mean annual temperatu
Archive image from page 324 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 In eastern Indiana tbe plum ami tliB cherry are grown more largely than the peach, while the central part of the state excels in pears. Small-fruits are abundant everywhere. Southern Indiana has a mean annual temperature 8° to 10° warmer than that of the northern end. With other favorable conditions iu the way of soil, protection from severe winds and perfect atmospheric drainage, owinpr to the fact that the country for the most part is hiliy, the peach and other tender fruits are successfully grown. Here, on the banks of the Ohio river, was, until recently, one of the largest peach orchards in the middle West ; and even now orchards of from 40,000 to 50,000 trees maybe seen on the 'knobs' In Clark and Wash- ington counties. Here, too, is the home of the ' Big Red Apple '(Ben Davis) and the KiefFer pear. The largest Kieffer pear orchard may be seen near the town of Sa lem, in Washington county. This orchard consists of I'.'.OOO trees. The soil in southern Indiana is for the most part decidedly different from that found farther north. In a report of the United States Geological Survey made some years ago, mention is made of the 'white clay lands,'which cover a large portion of southern Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, where most of the finest fruit is grown. In Indiana the northern boundary of this pecu- liar formation, according to the description, begins near Terre Haute on the west, and passes more or less irregu- larly across the state, passing into Ohio nearBrookville, Franklin county. Thus the greater portion of the state south of this line is made up of this white clay deposit. In man
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