PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY. 391 



K. Freeman, of Kasson, showed an extra plate of Roxbury Ru3set apples, 

 as well as Bailey Sweet, Oldenburg and Winesap. 



The census of 1884 gives to Laelauaw county of apple orchards, 1,39G 

 acres, 38,801 bearing fcreeai yielding in 1883, 7,557 bushels of fruit. 



Peach orchards, 60 acres, 1,G91 bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 368 bushels 

 of fruit. 



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

 was 10,183.00. 



Vineyards, 19 acres: grapes sold in 1883, 200 pounds. 



wine made in 1883, 301 gallons. 



Nurseries, 4 acres; products sold in 1883, 125.00. 



Market garden products sold in 1883, $162.00. 



PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY. 



The State Legislature laid off Presque Isle county by act approved April 

 1st, 1840, but it remained unorganized till the passage of an act, approved 

 March 31st, 1871, provided for the election of the proper officers on the first. 

 Monday in April of that year. 



The county seat is at Rogers City, a port on or near Lake Huron, 



The county includes the entire valleys of Aqueoc, Trout and Swan riversr, 

 and the western portions are traversed by affluents of the Cheboygan river, 

 while portions of the south are drained by branches of Thunder Bay river. 



Lake Huron constitutes the entire northern and eastern boundary, giving 

 it an unusual extent of of lake border, with consequent protection against 

 extremes of temperature, as well as facilities for cheap transportation. As a 

 consequence, the elevation is nowhere very great, ranging from about fifty 

 feet near the shore of Lake Huron to perhaps two or three hundred feet in 

 portions of the interior, away from water-courses. 



Of the adaptation of the county to horticultural pursuits little is certainly 

 known, although its proximity to Lake Huron, lying mainly at the north, 

 affords a sure guaranty against untimely frosts and dangerous extremes of 

 winter temperature, constituting an assurance that, where suitable soils and 

 aspect shall concur, such pursuits may be successfully prosecuted. 



Presque Isle county, according to the census of 1884, contained of apple 

 orchards 77 acres, 821 bearing trees, yielding, in 1883, 29 bushels of fruit. 



Peach orchards, 1 acre, 5 bearing trees, yielding, in 1883, no fruit. 



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

 $1,048.00. 



Vineyards, none. /■ 



Nurseries, 1 acre ; products sold in 1883, none. 



Market garden products sold in 1883, $70.00. 



