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planted in this township near where they now reside. J. W. Woolcott, in this 

 town planted seedling apple trees in 1843, and grafted them in the top. Rob- 

 ert Jones was an early planter in this township, and brought his trees from 

 Adrian, while the Brewers secured their first nursery trees in Ypsilanti. There 

 is now a small nursery in Caledonia, on section 36, owned by J. B. Proctor & 

 Son. 



About the time that Mr. Bouck and Mr. Burton had their nurseries, Mr. 

 Godwin, in Wyoming, started quite a variety of trees on the new Kalamazoo 

 road, which was well patronized ; remains of the nursery are yet standing on 

 the place owned by Augustus Godwin. S. M. Pearsall is supposed to have 

 planted the first orchard in the town of Alpine; he brought the trees from 

 Troy, Oakland county, in 1843. They were brought in wagons, and cost him 

 when planted, about one dollar apiece. Mr. Pearsall brought into the country, 

 from Avon, the White Astrachan, or as he then called it, Transparent Moscow. 

 Very soon after this Mr. Noel Hopkins planted his orchard in Alpine. 



One of the very oldest apple trees in Kent county stands in the garden of the 

 writer (Chas. W. Garfield), planted by Barney Burton ; the body of which is 

 five feet in circumference three feet from the ground, at a point below the 

 enlargement caused by the branches. The top has spread nearly fifty feet, but 

 recently has been shortened in. 



The nursery interest of Kent county received a severe shock from the hard 

 winters in the first half of the past decade, but now is recuperating again. As 

 nearly as can be estimated the acreage is as follows : 



J. D. Husted, Lowell 15 acres. 



N. P. Husted, Lowell 12 acres. 



Munson & Knapp, Grand Rapids 30 acres. 



Thibos, Lewis & Co., Cascade 15 acres. 



Wm. Watson, Cascade 5 acres. 



Since 1870, the heights of ground in Kent county, especially in Gaines, 

 Paris, Grand Rapids, Walker, Alpine and Sparta, have been planted to peaches, 

 and the success has been all that could be asked. As yet there has not been 

 an authenticated case of the yellows. 



MACOMB COUNTY. 

 PREPARED BY J. E. DAT OF ARMADA. 



Owing to the meager amount of information I have been able to gather in 

 reference to this subject, I can but make the introduction, hoping that some 

 one will complete it next year. 



The first tree-planting in the county of Macomb was upon the banks of the 

 Clinton (then Huron) river, in the vicinity of Mt. Clemens, nearly or quite one 

 hundred years ago; probably by the Moravians, who had moved from the 

 Muskingum in Ohio. These first trees, some of which are still standing, show 

 marks of great age, are of very large size, and of a kind of fruit with which 

 the orchardists of the present day are not acquainted. At or near this time, a 

 family by the name of Tucker settled on the Huron, and undoubtedly planted 

 fruit trees. No very decided steps toward a supply of fruit were made how- 

 ever, until after the war of 1812, when, as the country began to open, and set- 

 tlers to come in, seeds of the apple and pear were planted, and the seedlings 

 set out about the house for an orchard. 



