Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station

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<a href="www.agr.state.nc.us/research/mhcrs.htm">Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station</a> was established on 14 acres in 1949 and is now 377 acres. Its growth and expansion is based on the station’s success as becoming a leader in laboratory, greenhouse and field studies vitally important to North Carolina’s economy. MHCRS has a varied topography and climate with land conducive to crop research and evaluation of cultural practices of the region. MHCRS is located in the Southern Appalachians in the French Broad River basin with a base elevation of 2,069 feet.

The adjacent Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center serves as the office and laboratory headquarters for resident research and N.C. Cooperative Extension Service.