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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 

 Frost and Frecipitatiou in Miclugan 



btatioa 



Calumet 



Marquette 



Sault Ste. Marie 



Escanaba 



Cheboygan 



Alpena 



Ivan 



Grayling 



Harbor Beach. . 



Alma 



Arbella 



Grand Haven. . . 



Port Huron 



Hastings 



Lansing 



BallMt 



Kalamazoo 



Detroit 



Adrian 



Frost 



Average Date of 



First 



Killing in 



Autumn 



Oct. 8 



Oct. 2 



Sept. 24 



Oct. 1 



Sept. 16 



Sept. 26 



Sept. 14 



Sept. 12 



Oct. 7 



Sept. 26 



Sept. 11 



Oct. " 

 Oct. 



Sept. 15 



Oct. 8 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 



10 

 9 



11 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



May 11 

 May 15 

 I May 16 

 May 14 

 May 22 

 May 14 

 May 23 

 May 25 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 Apr. 

 May 

 May 10 

 Apr. 

 May 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 



12 



8 



13 



28 



25 

 9 

 24 

 28 

 27 



Date of 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Sept. 16 

 Aug. 22 

 Sept. 5 

 Sept. 9 

 July 10 

 Sept. 6 

 July 11 

 July 11 

 Sept. 18 

 Sept. 11 

 July 17 

 Sept. 23 

 Sept. 23 

 July 12 

 Sept. 20 

 Sept. 14 

 Sept. 20 

 Sept. 17 

 Sept. 20 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



16 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 



June 5 



June 11 



May 29 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 June 



May 26 



May 28 



May 28 



Jime 6 



May 31 



May 31 



June 9 



May 13 



May 31 



May 13 



Precipitation 



Aimual 

 inches 



31.7 

 32.4 

 32.4 

 31.5 

 30.3 

 33.7 

 82.4 

 28.8 

 26.9 

 33 2 

 33.2 

 35.3 

 31.0 

 33.5 

 29.2 

 81.5 

 34.8 

 32.2 

 34.6 



Production of Emits in Michigan 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table shows data with regard to 

 small fruits on farms: 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in 

 Michigan, with raspberrie.? and loganber- 

 ries ranking next, and blackberries and 

 dewberries ranking third. The total acre- 

 age of small fruits in 1909 was 21,419 

 and in 1899, 29,197, a decrease of 26.6 

 per cent. The production in 1909 was 

 27,215,000 quarts, as compared with 40,- 

 168,000 quarts in 1899, and the value 

 $2,029,000, as compared with $1,680,000. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, and nuts: 1909 

 and 1899. The next table presents data 

 with regard to orchard fruits, grapes, and 

 nuts. The acreage devoted to these prod- 

 ucts was not ascertained. In comparing 

 one year with the other the number of 

 trees or vines of bearing age is on the 

 whole a better index of the general 

 changes or tendencies than the quantity 

 of product, but the data for the censuses 

 of 1910 and 1900 are not closely compar- 



