46 



Variety. 



Apples Lush. 5 



Peaches do.. 5 



Pears do.. J 



Plums do.. 5 



Cherries do.. 5 



Strawberries do..j 



Currants and gooseber- ( 

 ries bush . ( 



All kinds, except grapes, C 

 bushels I 



Grapes lbs. J 



Tear ^'otalprod 

 ^^^^- uut. 



Leading township. 



Armada, Macomb 



Berrien, Berrien 



Benton, Berrien 



South Haven, Van Buren. 

 Saint Joseph, Berrien. . . 



do 



Metamora, Lapeer 



Saint Joseph, Berrien . . . 

 Battle Creek, Calhoun. . . 

 Saint Joseph, Berrien. . . 



do 



do 



Barry, Barry 



do 



Benton, Berrien 



Quincy, Branch 



Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo. . 

 do 



56, 943 



43, 085 



40, em 



8,910 



2,090 



4,300 



180 



217 



1,271 



1,431 



8,175 



6,955 



700 



800 



68,502 



44, 272 

 *3, 368 

 *3, 053 



*Cwt. 



The area in fruit is reported as follows : 



Acres of orcharding 237, 061. 00 



Acres of vineyards wULiqitUtsUitj .-jiuiwii. 1, 007. 64 



Acres of raspberry-bushes >)4,H.•»ter'3Wjt>^^<>v*i•«iTl 946.52 



Acres of strawberry-vines ..^.^.^, j:Mi..^a...- 1,647.32 



Acres of currant and arooseberry -bushes... i.. .... J,t-L. .'..'. 386. 37 



•-'. uj^FfKit to jnii 



Total acres of fruit >.;.^oi.iiaaj.0i).4- 241,048.85 



The counties having the largest acreage in orchards are Berrien, 

 14,001, and Oakland, 12,932 ; and the next in order of decrease are 

 Lenawee, Kent, Jackson, Washtenaw, and Hillsdale, the last having 

 9,186 acres. Those having the most acres in vineyards are, Berrien, 

 243; Monroe, 13G ; and Ottawa, 116. Berrien has 374 in raspberries and 

 947 in strawberries; Ottawa has 82 in raspberries, and 109 in straw- 

 berries ; Muskegon, 58 in vineyards, 64J in raspberries, and 129f in 

 strawberries. In currants and gooseberries, Branch is far in advance 

 of all others, reporting 03 acres ; the next in order are, Saginaw, 24f ; 

 Muskegon, 23^; Ingham, 20; and Berrien, 20. 



The following townships, the leading producers in the years named, 

 report the following aggregates, not including grapes: 



1872. Bushels. 



Benton, Berrien County 68, 502 



Saint Joseph, Berrien County 59, 808 



Armada, Macomb County 57, 405 



Reading, Hillsdale County 55,342 



Almont, Lapeer County 50, 343 



Avon, Oakland County 50, 055 



1873. Bushels. 



Quincy, Branch County 44,272 



Berrien, Berrien County 43, 085 



Niles, Berrien County 40,112 



Saint Joseph, Berrien County 38, 958 



Reading, Hillsdale Countv 38, 3 16 



Pittsford, Hillsdale County 37, 323 



The counties producing apples most largely are Oakland, northwest 

 of Detroit, and Lenawee, the second from Lake Erie, in the southern 

 tier. The greatest production of peaches in these years was in Berrien 

 and Van Buren, the most southern counties on the eastern shore of 

 Lake Michigan. Berrien is also first in pears both years. The lead- 

 ing county in plums was Lapeer, north of Oakland, in 1872, and 

 Oceana, on Lake Michigan, in 1873. Calhoun, in the second tier of 

 southern counties, and Oakland, lead in cherries ; Wayne, (Detroit the 

 county-seat,) in strawberries; and Branch, in the southern tier, in cur- 

 rants and gooseberries. Berrien is now far ahead in grapes. Apples 

 constituting 98 per cent, of all fruits, exclusive of grapes, the apple 

 counties are those making the greatest total production. 



