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1845 the shipment of choice fruit began to increase,  beginning
with a few hundred baskets ( three pecks ) and reaching several
thousand in 1855, when a great many Crawfords were shipped."
Do. p. 237.

Hon. H. C. Morton, of Benton Harbor, says: "The first
peaches were seedlings.  Crawfords were first introduced by
B. C. Hoyt, Esq, who obtained bud from Prince of Long Island."
Do. p. 238.

"Mr. George Parmelee x x put out his first trees in
1848, in the town of Benton, north of Paw Paw R., setting two
acres of budded trees. He subsequently enlarged his orchard
until it covered about ninety acres.  Samuel Jackson now
owns the pioneer orchard of Mr. Parmelee [January, 1873], in
which are some of the largest and finest peach trees in the
county." [Twenty-five years old.] Do. p. 238.

"In 1849 Captain Boughton set out 130 budded peach trees
in St. Joseph township, south of St. Joseph river.  In 1850
he shipped 250 barrels of seedlings, and 150 barrels of improved
varieties, twice a week.  The shipments for the year
        