Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04

unsurpassed in any country. Persim
mons thrive in every soil; hickory nuts
slOes, grapes, several varieties of plums
cherries, haws, sugar and other berries
grow on the high lands of the rich forests
blackberries cover the discarded fields
and crowd the narrow lanes; Ogeeche6
lines stud the banks of the lower streams
the famed ''lOtus'' raises it's fruitful cur
above the waters of the lakes and ponds
and the chinquepin and huckleberry form
a large part of the underground of the
boundless pine forests.
FLOWERS.
Southern Georgia is but an extension
nOrthward of the semi-trOpical Land OF
Flowers" No country can show richer
variety or greater prOfusiOn. Whether in
the garden, the fields, the open plains, or
along the banks of the beautiful streams,
at every season, winter as we'll as sum-
mer, nature here ornaments and beauti-
ties the earth with endless SUGGESTIONS OF
lovely flowers. Here may be seen among
flowers as among vegetables, the richest
specimens from all climates growing side
by side in the same garden.
Such country could not fail to be the
home of the honey bee, and accordingly,
these insect teachers of economy and in
dustry revel among the flowers of this
delightful region, and gather honey all
the year, requiring no additional food,
and very little attention to protect and in
crease.
AREAS OF PRODUCTION.
Corn, cotton. oats, rye, sugar cane, rice,
sorghum, pindars, field peas, etc., are sue
cessfully cultivated in every county.
Wheat follows the clay subsoil of the
high or rolling lands, which cross the sec
ton from Middle Georgia, south into
Florida, and West of the Ocmulgee river.
This division in Guides Southwestern
Georgia, one of the most productive areas
of the upland cotton belt of the State.
The area of sea island, or long staple cot
ton, is properly along the coast, between the
head of tide-water and the ocean, includ-
ing the islands, and is the same as that of
lOw-land rice, but both are proftably Gull
tivated far in the interior.
Sweet and Irish potatoes do we'll in
every section, and are largely cultivated
the latter yielding two crops a year.
Oranges, lemons and bananas find their
cOngenIal localities along the coast, on
the islands and in the counties bordering
the Florida line. The CliUe is found to
succeed well on st. Simon's Island and
in Middle Georgia, and there is no reason
to doubt that it will thrive in every other
section Of the State. Strawberries are now
extensively cultivated in Southern Geor-
gia for the Northern markets, and pay
handsomely. A twenty acre field paid
for itself the second year from the setting
of the plants, and the present year yielded
large income to its owner. This field,
though now years old, has never been
seriously injured by frost, has lost no
plants by summer heat or drought, and
bears continuously from May to Decem-
Der. With few exceptions all the other
fruits and vegetables named can be prof
itably grown IN every county.
TRUCK FARMING.
The introduction of truck farming
marked a new era in Southern agricul-
ture, and taught the farmers that there
were other products of the soil even more
profitable than sail cotton" A few eX-
periments sufficed to prove the adapta-
bility of the soil and climate to the long
list of fruits and vegetables already men,
toned, and transportation and markets
being found, the people entered upon the
new industry with a zeal and enthusiasm
that produced the most astonishing re-
suits. From a few car loads at the be-
ginning, in less than five years the in
crease of products overtaxed the utmost
capacity of the numerous splendidly