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STATE HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



sixteen stations in Berrien county, the large amount of fruit sent to Chicago 

 from counties north of Berrien not being included: 



Hiram Brown, U. S. custom house officer for the port of St. Joseph, has fnr-i 

 nished the following clearances of fruit, by lake, during the past three years: 



Benton Harbor shipped more fruit in 1880 than any other point in Michigan. 



WAYNE AND WASHTENAW, 



In Wayne county, about our metropolis, Detroit, the specialties are small 

 fruits and market garden products. Tlie soil is a rich dark loam, admirably 

 suited to this work, and Detroit furnishes a good home market. Washtenaw 

 has a "peach belt" of its own. Upon the high ground in this region peaches 

 are almost as sure a crop as upon the western shore. Fruits of all kinds are 

 grown for market here and at a good profit. The people are foremost in test- 

 ing new varieties and take a great delight in the pleasures as well as profits of 

 horticulture. There is scarcely anythins: but rich laud in this county, and the 

 situation of our great University and Normal School within its borders makes 

 it an attractive place for people of education and good taste. 



JACKSON, CALHOUN, KALAMAZOO. 



These three counties in the same tier along the Michigan Central railroad 

 are settled by people who pursue horticulture as an ornamental part of farming. 

 As amateurs, they test new things and desire that their ventures may add to 

 their information while furnishing pleasant surprises for the table. In the 

 towns a good deal of attention is given to ornamental gardening. This is 

 notably true of Kalamazoo, where good taste, added to a delightful location, 

 renders this "largest village in the world" a delightful place in which to live. 

 Kalamazoo is something of a nursery center, and small fruits, inclndiug grapes, 

 are specialties with the horticulturists. 



VAN BUEEN. 



This county borders on the lake; South Haven is its port. A large fruit- 

 growing interest centers at South Haven where are located some of the finest 



