208 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



SHIPMENTS OF FKUJT FROM BERKIEX COUXTY. 



FROM .lUlJN WHITTLESEY. 



I enclose lierewith an account of fruit shipments from this couiiiv which will 

 perhaps give an approximate idea of our capacity : 



B}' water : 



Barrels apples 75, 883 



Half bushel crates strawberries 128,840 



Half bushel crates raspberries, - 40, 771 



Half bushel crates blackberries , 14,876 



Half bushel crates clierries - G, 945 



Quarter bushel baskets grapes 43,503 



Third bushel cases grapes - 5,731 



Quarter bushel baskets quinces 700 



Baskets peaches 422,225 



Add for various kinds of fruits shipped in baskets and not classified... G,000 



The above does not include railroad shipments, except St. Joseph and Benton 

 Harbor, of which tliere were a large amount from small stations along the 

 railroad near here, nor does it include any estimate of large quantities of 

 peaches taken to Indiana by wagons. 



By railroad : 



Baskets peaches, pears, and grapes . - 05,333 



Crates berries - 25,478 



Barrels apples 8,038 



OEAL llEPOKTS OF VICE PRESIDENTS. 



In addition to the above and other correspondence read, there were given bv 

 the following vice presidents reports from their respective counties: 



II. B. Chapman, Hillsdale county. — The fruit crop of our county was light; 

 still, some orchards produced well, and there was a considerable shipment made 

 from Heading. Blnms, pears, and cherries gave an average yield, and peaches 

 up to tiic maximum for our inland county. The people of our vicinity do not 

 take tlie interest in the work of our Society they ought, still, I lind the annual 

 reports are gladly welcomed to our midst. Since I was first elected vice 

 president I have secured three life members and a few annual members, but it 

 needs a session of the Society to awaken us to the benefits of the organization. 



.1. W. Humphrey, riymoutl), Wayne county. — Tiic a])})le crop for our county 

 was what I denominate a failure. My IS'orthern Spy trees gave good promise 

 until one-third grown, when they nearly all dropped off. All other sorts failed 

 to even blossom, a very few orchards in this vicinity had from one-fourth to 

 one-third of a crop, but they were orchards not in tlic habit of bearing regu- 

 larly. Apple trees have made a fine growth, and ripened the wood I think 

 very well, and bid fair next year to give us a good crop. I know of but one 

 peach orchard in Wayne county, that had a paying crop, about four miles from 

 my ])iace. Small fruits were abundant. 1 am trying to work uj) the member- 

 ship interest in this vicinity. 



J. Satterlee, Greenville, Montcalm county. — Tiiree-fourths of our county is 

 etill very new, and ii<jt much is expected of us, still I can see a growing interest 



