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in vicinity of Spring Lake, Mich.  There were more than this
as some were given in connection with apples, and I could
not separate them.  From "Spring Lake: Its Fruit Farms and
Vineyards." p. 18. By Henry S. Clubb.  An Address delivered
Oct. 1, 1867, at Spring Lake, Mich. "Published by the Western
Michigan Lake Shore Horticultural Association." Spring 
Lake,

Mr. Clubb says: "Land which was considered dear at five
dollars an acre, three of four years ago, is now realizing,
in the wild state, from $35. to $50. an acre, and where near
the villages much larger prices, while cultivated and planted orchards
and vineyards are worth from $300 to $800 and $1,000
per acre, according to age and locality." p. 13.

Mr. Clubb in "A Sketch of Northern Michigan" published
at Grand Haven in 1872 in "Rules and Regulations etc." of the
"Great Union Fair of Michigan" has the following on peach industry:
quoted from Hartford Courant--editorial correspondence.
[Simply statistics to show the profits of the business. Not
specific enough to pay to quote.]

Mr. Clubb himself says: "Benton Harbor has excellent
        