380 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The average price paid for apples up to the 10th of December had been about 

 35 cents per bushel. This would give us the value of the crop alreadj marketed 

 $30,135. But the apples now on hand, suitable for shipping, are worth at 

 least 60 cents per bushel. Some lots have been sold within the past week at 70 

 cents per bushel. At 60 cents the portion of the crop still on hand would be 

 worth $12,900, which would bring the total value of this kind of apples up to 

 $43,035. 



EVAPORATED FRUIT. 



There have been three evaporators in operation in the county, two at Fenton 

 and one at Flint. The amounts produced are as follows : 



Pounds # 



Fenton - 67,500 



Flint 15,600 



Total 83,100 



To produce this amount of evaporated fruit 12,182 bushels of green apples 

 were used. At Fenton the price per bushel paid for such fruit was 10 cents ; 

 in Flint it was 15 cents It is probable that $1,400 would cover the amount 

 realized by the producer for this sort of fruit. The product, however, at pres- 

 ent prices, 10 cents per pound, is worth $8,310. 



APPLE JELLY. 



Apple jelly has been made at localities and in amounts as follows: 



Gal Ions 



Flint 4,000 



Flushing 500 



S wart z Creek 300 



Goodrich 500 



Rogersville 1,000 



Thetford 300 



Richfield 300 



Davison 500 



Total 7,400 



This article has a market value of 50 cents per gallon — some makers hold it 

 at 60 cents — but at 50 cents the product would be worth $3,700. 



There have been produced in the county about 500 pounds of apple butter, 

 worth $250. Also about 10,000 gallons of vinegar worth $600. 



The product of cider has been somewhat quite phenomenal as the following 

 will show: 



Gallons. 



Flint City... 160,000 



Swartz Creek 84,000 



Clio 10,000 



Mt. Morris.-.. 22,000 



Thetford 10,000 



Rogersville _ 30,000 



