Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1920 — VISITED MICHIGAN FRUIT BELT [ARTICLE]

VISITED MICHIGAN FRUIT BELT

Charles Pefley and Fred Hemp,hill were up in southern Michigan the last of the week investigating the peach, apple and potato crop. The best grade of peaches will not be ready for shipment for two or three weeks yet and Mr. Pefley expects to secure a carload of them for retail here as soon as they are ripe. While there is a large crop of peaches and apples there, the. price is holding up well and no very low retail prices are looked for. Mr. Pefley brought back with him a small branch of Wealthy apples. This branch was perhaps, two feet long and about as large in diameter as a lead pencil. On the lower end of the branch, in a space about 12 inches long, it was covered completely with clusters of apples, none perhaps less than 2% inches in diameter, and there were 22 apples in this short space.