
          162

[The State Census of 1884 showed that this county had
92,180 bearing peach trees on nearly four times as many as
Berrien the greatest peach county in the State until yellows
appeared].

COUNTIES GROWING PEACHES PRIOR TO 1860. LYON.

Lenawee - - 1852.
Hillsdale,- - 1851.
Branch,- - 1846.
Cass, - - 185-.
Jackson,- - 1854.
Calhoun,- - 1850.
Kalamazoo, - - 1850.
Macomb, - - 1850.
Ingham, - - 1836.
Oakland, - - 1850.
Eaton, - - 18--.
Clinton, - - [begin left brace] 1842
1858 [end left brace]
Ionia, - - 1839.
Kent, - - [begin left brace] 184-
1855. [end left brace]
Saginaw, - - 1856.
Muskegon, - - 1840.
Grand Traverse, - - 1855.
[underscore]
17 Counties.
        