From nurseries to wooden baskets, Southwest Michigan's fruit belt spurred the growth of many businesses and industries.
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From nurseries to wooden baskets, Southwest Michigan's fruit belt spurred the growth of many businesses and industries. |
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Cover of a 1951 "Emlong Nurseries" Catalog
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We were in the mail-order business for a long time. At one time, we were mailing half a million catalogs. We grew about one hundred acres of strawberry plants to be sold. Well, when mailing catalogs we mailed to just about every state in the Union, except California.. - Cliff Emlong - Oral history archive
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The basket and crate industry was significant. As a result of the booming grape industry of the twentieth century, Michigan towns of Lawton, Paw Paw, and South Haven each had a basket factory. Baskets were made of veneer wood and could be any shape: round, conical, oval or oblong. |
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