274 GENERAL HISTORY. 



To H. J. Edgell, South Haven, for Delaware vineyard, third premium. 



To J. Williams, South Haven, small fruit farm, first premium. 



To Dr. Wm. Hewson, South Haven, for ornamental yard, first premium. 



For the year 1873 awards were made to the following: — 



For apple orchards, to L. H. Bailey, Jeremiah Bridges, W. H. Hurlbut, 

 Joseph Dow, E. R. Sherburn. 



For pear orchards, Joseph Lannin, D. C. Loveday. 



For peach orchards, J Daye, M. T. Smith, Jeremiah Bridges, A. Cooke, T. 

 W. l^ishop, D. C. Love'day. 



For plum orchards, C. T. Bryant. 



For the year 1874 awards were made to the following persons: — 



For peach orchard, 0. Engle, (two premiums). 



For quince orchard, C Engle. 



For the year 1875 awards were made: — 



For peach orchard, to C, T. Bryant. 



For apple orchard, to L. H. Bailey. 



For fruit dryer, to H. E. Bidwell. 



For the year 1877 awards in this county were made: — 



For apple orchards, to L. H. Bailey. 



For pear orchards, to C. T. Bryant, Joseph Lannin, C. Engle. 



For plum orchards, to C. T. Bryant, 0. Engle. 



For plat of currants, to D. M. Shoemaker. 



For vineyards, to C. Engle, John Williams. 



For peach orchards, to D. M. Shoemaker, L. H. Bailey, Joseph Lannin, C. 

 T. Bryant, A. Engle, C Engle. 



For fruit garden, to H. E. Bidwell. 



The orchard committee of the State Pomological Society in 1877 found 

 several peach trees in the orchards of A. S. Dyckman, at South Haven, which 

 had been planted seventeen years since, and which measured thirty-nine inches 

 around the trunk, with a spread of branches of thirty feet. The tree meas- 

 ured was an Early Crawford which yielded fifteen baskets of a peck each. 



C. Engle, of Paw Paw, says in 1884: " Were I going to plant pears again 

 in this vicinity I would choose the same altitude as for peaches, a heavy soil 

 in good heart. The Angouleme, Seckel, Bartlett, and Church are the only 

 varieties I have found profitable. I certainly would avoid Flemish Beauty, 

 Anjou, Clapp's Favorite, Onondaga, Diel and Louise Bonne, of Jersey. This 

 conclusion I have reached after a trial of more than fifty varieties. The 

 Seckel is the only sort that has been exempt from blight, although Boussock, 

 Angouleme, Bartlett and Church have been reasonably free from the dis- 

 ease." 



Snow's Orange peach, which originated as an accidental seedling, in the 

 garden of Mr. Snow, of Paw Paw, and was introduced many years since by 

 Mr. Hall, of that place, has acquired a good degree of notoriety as a market 

 peach. It is very similar to Barnard, which is very possibly its parent. 

 Many persons consider them identical. The Barnard, as is true of several 

 varieties of this fruit, is very frequently reproduced from the seed. 



The apple described by Downing in Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, as 

 Paw Paw, and by others designated as Rubicon, Ball, Western Baldwin, and 

 possibly by other synonyms, also originated at Paw Paw, from seeds planted 

 by Mrs. Ball. Mr. B. Hathaway exhibited it as an unnamed seedling at a 

 meeting of the Michigan State Horticultural Society held at Kalamazoo, on 



