326 GENERAL HISTORY. 



To E. U. Kiiapp, Grand Rapids, second premium, for a peach orchard for 

 profit. 



To Xoah P. llusted, Lowell, first premium, for a plum orchard. 



To H. W. Slocum, Grand Kapids, first premium, for a collection of hardy 

 grapes. 



To C. J. Dietrich, Grand Rapids, second premium, for a half-acre of rasp- 

 berries. 



To Mrs. R. Morris, Grand Rapids, first premium, for an ornamental city lot. 



To John Suttle, Grand Rapids, first premium, for a commercial plant 

 house. 



To Noah P. llusted, Lowell, first premium, for a general nursery. 



In 1873. 



To L. P. Curtis, South Lowell, third premium, for an apple orchard for 

 profit. 



To Fred. Yeiter, South Lowell, fourth premium, for an apple orchard for 

 profit. 



To J. M. Dean, Grand Rapids, first premium, for peach orchard for profit. 



To J. M. Dean, Grand Rapids, second premium, for a vineyard for table 

 !use. 



To John Suttle, Grand Rapids, first premium, for a commercial plant 

 house. 



To T. I. Renwick, Grand Rapids, second premium, for a commercial plant 

 house. 



To Noah P. Husted, Lowell, second premium, for a general nursery. 



The following persons contributed from this county to the Centennial 

 exhibit of the State Pomological Society at Philadelphia, in September and 

 October, 1876, viz.: Edward Bradfield, Ada, 36 varieties of grapes; William 

 Rowe, Walker, also aj^ples; H. Downs, Ada, samples of fruits; the Grand 

 River Valley Horticultural Society, Grand Rapids, a general collection of fruit. 



The death of Hon. Henry Seymour, treasurer of the State Pomological 

 Society for 1874 and 1875, and an honored citizen of Grand Rapids for many 

 years, occurred at that city during the year 1877. 



John Suttle, one of the oldest and most esteemed members of the State 

 Pomological Society, and a prominent florist of the city of Grand Rapids, 

 died at that city on September 13tli, 1877. 



Kent county, according to the census of 1884, contains of apple orchards, 

 10,922 acres, 344,927 bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 161,509 bushels of fruit. 



Peach orchards, 3,362 acres, 161,065 bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 41,592 

 bushels of fruit 



The value of orchard products of all kinds, sold or consumed in 1883, was 

 $164,658.00. 



Vineyards, 106 acre#: grapes sold in 1889, 17,682 pounds. 



wine made in 1883, 395 gallons. 



Nurseries, 79 acres, products sold in 1883, §8,060.00. 



Market garden products sold in 1883, $39,797.00. 



