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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Frost and Precipitatioii in Michigan 



Station 



Calumet 



Marquette 



Sault Ste. Marie 



Escanaba 



Cheboygan 



Alpena 



Ivan 



Grayling 



Harbor Beach . . , 

 xiuincia >..»....,>. 



Arbella 



Grand Haven. . . 



Port Huron 



Hastings 



Lansing 



BallMt 



Kalamazoo , 



Detroit 



Adrian 



Frost 



Precipitation 



Average 



J Date of 



Date of 









. 







Annual 



First 



Last 



First 



Last 



inches 



Killing in 



m 



m 



m 







Autumn 



Spring 



Autumn 



Spring 





Oct. 8 



May 11 



Sept. 16 



June 



5 



31.7 



Oct. 2 



May 15 



Aug. 22 



June 



11 



32.4 



Sept. 24 



May 16 



Sept. 5 



May 



29 



32.4 



Oct. 1 



May 14 



Sept. 9 



June 



16 



31.5 



Sept. 16 



May 22 



July 10 



June 



8 



30.3 



■ Sept. 26 



May 14 



Sept. 6 



June 



9 



33.7 



Sept. 14 



May 23 



July 11 



June 



9 



82.4 



Sept. 12 



May 25 



July 11 



June 



9 



28.8 



Oct. 7 



May 12 



Sept. 18 



June 



9 



26.9 



Sept. 26 



May 8 



Sept. 11 



May 



26 



33.2 



Sept. 11 



May 13 



July 17 



May 



28 



33.2 



Oct. 10 



Apr. 28 



Sept. 23 



May 



28 



35.3 



Oct. 9 



May 8 



Sept. 23 



June 



6 



31.0 



Sept. 15 



May 10 



July l.'^ 



May 



31 



33.5 



Oct. 8 



Apr. 25 



Sept. 20 



May 



31 



29.2 



Oct. 1 



May 9 



Sept. 14 



June 



9 



81.5 



Oct. 9 



Apr. 24 



Sept. 20 



May 



13 



34.8 



Oct. 9 



Apr. 28 



Sept. 17 



May 



31 



32.2 



Oct. 11 



Apr. 27 



Sept. 20 



May 



13 



34.6 



Production of Fruits In MicMgan 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table shows data with regax'd to 

 small fruits on farms: 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total 



Strawberries 



Blackberries aad dewberries. . , 

 Raspberries and loganberries. , , 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Cranberries , 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



16,798 



4,707 



11,075 



3,458 



1,637 



91 



141 



Acres 



1909 



21,419 



8,051 



2,973 



8,786 



609 



297 



202 



501 



1899 



29,197 



10,837 



4,385 



10,193 



Z , «oo 



659 



150 



787 



Quantity 



(quarts) 

 1909 



27,214,059 



14.218,768 



3,075,954 



8,381,943 



768,259 



403,680 



125,536 



240,519 



Value 

 1909 



12,028,865 



1,000,788 



218,174 



695,019 



28,932 



6,992 



20,672 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in 

 Michigan, with raspberries 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- 



