Identifier: cyclopediaofamer04bail (find matches)
Title: Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed Miller, Wilhelm, 1869- joint ed
Subjects: Gardening -- Dictionaries Plants -- North America encyclopedias
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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to ten miles. In three orfour locations, owing to the favorable contour of thelake and topography of the land. Peaches are grownwith a marked degree of success, even as far as fortymiles inland. This belt begins probably fifteen milessouth of St. Joseph, in Berrien county, and extendsnorthward to the northern shores of Traverse bay, Lee-lanaw county, a distance of some 190 miles; but not allof this belt is successful even though near the lake, itbeing a notable fact that tlie most successful regionsare where the land liiip rxlnids nearest the center ofthe lake, while it is notic-r.-iblc that where the lake isbroadest, extending into the land, the least success isattained. The wonderful success of this region can be ac-counted for by just two conditions, a suitable soil andthe thermal influence of Lake Michigan. The combina-tion is so good that this region has not seen an entirefailure of the crop in thirty years, and very few lightcrops. Usually there are three to five heavy crops to
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PEACH PEACH 1237 one light one where orchards are properly located and correctly handled. The history of the industry can probably be dated tosome year prior to 18G0, but it did not reach anyprominence until about 1SC>4 and was at high tide by1867. At this time and up to this date the commercial■orchards were in a small radius around St. Joseph andBenton Harbor, the sales being almost entirely made inChicago, as there were no railroad communications withother cities and the steamboat service to Chicago wasfairly good. During the year 18fi7 yellows was firstnoticed by men who knew the disease, although it nodoubt existed here a year or two previous. However,little attention was paid to this disease until it gainedsuch impetus and virulence that these orchards, valuedat and selling as high as $1,000 per acre, were swept outof existence. So thoroughly did this disease do its workthat there were probably not as many as ten live Peachtrees in a whole township in 1880. The pioneers of

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