20 LOWER PENINSULA. 



is not fulfilling the expectations entertained of it. They may raise 

 peaches there in seasons when all other places in the south have 

 theirs killed by frosts, but this does not prove the greater mildness 

 of the climate, but simply that the peaches are in bloom there late 

 enough to escape frost. The fruit raised under such conditions 

 may be large and perfect, but in sweetness and flavor it can not 

 compete with fruit grown in a warmer climate. 



For the apple, our climate and the deep gravelly soil answer 

 exceedingly well, immense quantities of the most delicious kinds 

 being yearly sent to the markets of all the Eastern and Western 

 States. 



