382 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



tbrif ty farmers and residents in this city and the various villages of the county 

 produce grapes enough for their own use. 



The amount of grapes produced in the county and actually marketed was 

 about G3 tons. At $60 per ton the amount realized on the crop marketed was 

 $3,780. The value of the crop actually produced was not less than $4,000. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Of this crop a large percentage is produced near and marketed in this city. 

 Nevertheless, there is a great interest shown iu the production of this and other 

 small fruits in other localities. This is notably true at Flushing, at Davison, at 

 Clio, in Mundy and Gaines townships and in Fenton. 



The production is as follows : 



Bashela* 



Flint 1,375 



Clio... 700 



Flushing 578 



Femon, Linden and Gaines 450 



Davison 430 



Total... 3,533 



The average price reported by the largest producers is $1.75 per bushel which 

 would make the product worth in the aggregate $6,182.75. 



It is probable that the value of the berries produced iu the county for home 

 consumption would be not less than $800, bringing the total value up to about 

 $7,000. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Under this heading are included both the red and the black variety of this 

 fruit. 



From Clio were shipped 200 bushels; marketed at Flint, 140 bushels; produced 

 at Flushing, 100 bushels; at other points, including Fenton, 50 bushels, making 

 a total of 490 bushels. The average price received by the producer was $2.50 

 per bushel or a total of $1,225. 



CHERRIES. 



The cherry crop was fair but statistics are meagre. The shipments at Clio 

 are reported at 200 bushels. Marketed in Flint 450 bushels. I assume that 

 these amounts represent half the product of the county, which undoubtedly is 

 within the actual amount, as most people who produce cherries, use, can and 

 preserve a good portion of them. This would make a total product of 1,300 

 bushels. The market value of the crop was not less than $1,500. 



There were five hundred bushels of blackberries shipped from Clio that grew 

 in the county. The total production of this fruit in this county probably does 

 not exceed 1,000 bushels, which at $1.50 per bushel would be worth $1,500. 

 This item does not properly belong in the list of total values of horticultural 

 products, as it is not a cultivated fruit. 



