90 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



& Indiana railroad it is a vei-y popular summer resort, it is destined to become 

 much more than this — a region of lovely, permanent homes. 



THE EASTEF.X SHORE. 



The eastern shore northward from Bay county to Cheboygan is a country 

 in which all the superior varieties of ap|)]es, pears, plums, and cherries succeed. 

 The fact that so large a territory toward the interior receives its supplies from 

 these shore counties gives a valuable market near at hand for all the products 

 of the farm, the garden, and the orchard. Thrifty, cultured people are settling 

 in this region, and are developing its natural resources very rapidly. 



ADDITIO]S"AL STATISTICS. 



Perhaps no clearer method can be taken to exhibit the general extent of the 

 fruit business in western Michigan than the reproduction here of a tal)le, fur- 

 nished by the Chicago and West Michigan railroad, showing the shipments 

 from points upon their line for 1880 south of Holland. This road runs a fruit 

 train to Chicago throughout the season df shipments, and arranges conven- 

 iences for fruit growers at every point from which shipments are made. 



Shipments oj Fruit to Chicago via C. & W. M. R. li., May 31st, 18S0, to Jan. 1st, 1S81. 



