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<br />season. The northeastern corner of the area is in a pass between Florida <br /> <br />River and Pine River and prevailing air currents acoount for part of the <br /> <br />difference in temperature. Protinction of oorn is very good. and notioeably <br /> <br />better in the southern part of the traot, while peas (not grown to any <br /> <br />extent) are a better crop in the northern part. <br /> <br />There are, unfortunately, no available data regarding heat units during <br /> <br />growing season. The best guide to this are orops now produced. Corn <br /> <br />does very well, espeoially in the southern part of the area where the new <br /> <br />lands are. Pears, peaches and gra:pes ripen well in the northern part of <br /> <br />the area in favorable years and would do better in the southern lower part, <br /> <br />but are a hazardous crop for commeroial produotion in years of early fall <br /> <br />frosts. Melons ripen in all parts of the area. <br /> <br />The annual preoipitation at the Ignaoio Station from 1915 through 1940 <br /> <br />varies from a minimum of 7.25 inches in 1934 to a maximum of 22.67 inches <br /> <br />in 1927 with an average of 15.67 inohes annunlly for the period. The <br /> <br />average annual snowfall was 39.1 inohes of snow. Precipitation from April <br /> <br />1 through September (the growing season) 'averaged 8.65 inches for the <br /> <br />past 26 years. ~e following table shows precipitation by months for the <br /> <br />, <br />,. <br /> <br />last 26 years. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />r <br />