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and Hudsonville; while the celery grown on the 

 Taquamenon Swamp near Newberry in the Upper 

 Peninsula, though not large in amount, is very highly 

 prized because of its flavor and crispness. Celery is 

 also grown in truck-gardens about such large market 

 towns as Detroit, Grand Eapids, Bay City and many 

 other cities of the southern peninsula. The Bureau 

 of Crop Estimates of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture gives statistics of the commercial 

 acreage and production of celery in Michigan as 

 follows: 2,935 acres with a yield of 168 crates pro- 

 ducing 2,465 cars of celery. By counties the acreage 

 ran thus in 1919 : 



Counties Acres 



Allegan 150 



Bay 25 



Berrien 35 



Cass 40 



Kalamazoo 790 



Kent 400 



Lenawee 140 



Muskegon 144 



Ottawa 730 



Van Buren 200 



Washtenaw 30 



Total 2,684 



These statistics are undoubtedly not complete, 

 since they represent the acreage for Luce County in 



