MICHIGAIir STATK I'OMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



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FRUIT GROWERS. 



Treadway, E. A. 



Ward, A 



Waters, D.K.... 

 Walsh, Martin.. 



Webster, J 



Wileon, Mrs. J.. 

 Willard, W. F... 

 Wooley, S 



Xo. and kinds 

 of Trees.** 



lOOp. 



400p. 2oa. 

 25p. 25a. 5pr. 

 12a. 

 1450p. 

 40p. ir,a. 



Ph-O 



$172 CO 



9 95 



9T8T 



1,650 75 



69 60 



51 80 



1,180 00 



S45 82 



Grand Totals.— 27,859 peach trees ; 7,187 apple trees ; 600 pear tree*. (H. Beck- 

 Wlth, Esq., has a qaince orchard of 200 trees.) 24.232 grape vines ; 88,592 baskets of 

 peaches; 220,308 lbs. of grapes, or 110 tons; 1,586 bushels of apples; 19,201 quarts C( 

 benies. Net proceeds, including pears and quinces, $31,789.83. 



** "p" peaches; "a" apples; "pr" pears; "q" quinces. 

 * Railroad baskets. 



Empty assertions can have but little influence upon the 

 public mind, bat "figares won't lie," and, when accompanied 

 by the facts, the most skeptical or prejudiced mind must 

 admit the justice of our claims to the honors of the "Fruit 

 Belt." We would add, that our report includes only the 

 orchards and vineyards within three miles from our postoffice. 

 The orchards and vineyards, with a very few excections, are 

 four years old, and many of them bore their first crop this 

 year. 



Within the territory canvassed there are several small vine- 

 yards not reported. It was impossible to get the correct esti- 

 mates, and the estimates have invariably been put down at the 

 lowest figures, where the details were not accessible. The 

 Chairman of the Canvassing Committee, W. G. Sinclair, to 

 whom we are greatly indebted for the facts in the accompanying 

 report, states that the estimate of fruits is one-fifth lower than 

 the real crop. 



