In the Northern Pampas, or the fourth region, all kinds of
fruit trees can be grown, soil permitting, orange, fig,
persimmon, vines, mulberry, almond, peach, apricot, plum,
cherry, walnut, chestnut, pear and quince trees. This is the
forest tree region of the plains: hardwood, native willows, the
paradise tree, ombú, laurel, sequoia, cypress, sycamore, maple
and many others. The caldén tree covers immense stretches,
likewise the carob tree.
The fifth or Southern Pampean region differs from the preceding
one in the cooler and even colder climate in its southern part.
Apart from the trees which suffer from frosts this is the most
favourable zone for tree cultivation in general. All forest
trees which resist 10° below zero grow well here, the oak,
beech, ash, maple, pine, fir, spruce, poplar, elm, sycamore and
such fruit trees as the peach, cherry, plum, apricot, quince,
pear and apple tree.
These two regions are those containing the largest plantations
of trees of all kinds, millions of eucalyptus trees, farms,
parks and gardens, richly stocked, representing millions of
dollars, and ever-increasing and multiplying orchards and
groves which bring in thousands, but whose output could be
increased tenfold without succeeding in ousting the preserved
fruit imported from Europe and North America.
The sixth or Austral region, as its name indicates, is exposed
to the south winds. It is the cold region which excludes the
eucalyptus, the Californian pine, and peach tree, the vine,
etc., but where in sheltered spots the cherry, plum, pear and
apple tree can be grown, the last especially. This, once known,
would make the fortune of this region. Cider manufacture would
furnish a wholesome, pleasant beverage, much cheaper than wine.
Moreover, the preparation of apple preserves of every kind will
one day be like that of North America. The man who plants apple
trees, beginning from 38° S. latitude to the south, secures for
himself and his children returns proportionate to the outlay
made.
The seventh region is very fertile and suited for the planting
of willows, poplars, alders, cryptomerias, cypresses,
sycamores, magnolias, palm trees, orange trees, tangerines,
persimmons, etc. Peach and quince trees are grown here on a
large scale to supply the markets of the capital. It has been
the cradle of fruit-growing, and as it has been endowed with
a mild climate and a generally humid soil everything grows
luxuriantly and produces abundantly, though the general quality
of its products is not equal to that of the fruit grown in the
fifth region.
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