MICHIGA^S' STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 417 



Should the fruit-shipper of South Haveu desire to save the 

 commissions of Chicago men and other intermediate parties, the 

 railroad communications are now such that he can distribute 

 his fruit himself among the principal cities of Northern Illinois, 

 within twenty hours from time of shipment, while Sioux City, 

 Iowa, and St. Paul, Minn., can be reached within forty hours ; 

 to say nothing of the facilities of supplying Wisconsin and 

 Northern Michigan Peninsula. 



Hence we see that an ample market is already at hand for 

 all the fruit that can be grown in the vicinity of South Haven, 

 while the vast network of railroads that is yearly extending 

 itself over the whole Northwest will furnish such increased 

 marketing facilities, that Avere every fruit-grower, for years to 

 come, in the great peach belt of Western Michigan, to raise 

 nothing but peaches alone, it would be impossible to overdo 

 the culture of that popular esculent, in the vicinity of South 

 Haven, so. varied are her marketing facilities. 



0. 0. LATHROP, 

 H. E. BIDWELL, 

 A. S. DYCKMAN, 



Committee. 

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