Blueberry and Hydrangea Growing

Archive

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Blueberry and Hydrangea Growing

Entry/Object ID

2022.88.15

Scope and Content

Collection of papers associated with growing blueberries and hydrangeas as commercial crops including: Bylaws of Michigan Blueberry Growers Association, undated 1938-1941 blueberry growers letters, minutes, reports 1940 letters between R.W. Ackerman of the Ackerman Nursery in Bridgman, MI; a blueberry farmer D.A. Byrd of Lacoata, MI and V.D. Angerman of Science and Mechanics magazine of Chicago, IL. 1940 letter from Milprint Incorporated of Milwaukee, WI to D.A. Byrd about printing cellophane wraps for blueberry pints [see 2010.04.03] 1940 recommendations of the packaging and marketing committee 1940 Blueberry cooperative association shipments of blueberries from Michigan statistical report. 1954 Great Lakes News - a Michigan Blueberry Growers Association newsletter, 1958 Northern Area Blueberry Growers meeting memo Undated Michigan State College South Haven Experiment Station notes on blueberry culture Brochure for The Mott Hammerknife Mower An unrelated to blueberries letter to Charles W. Mann of Saugatuck from Alex Laurie, professor of floriculture, Ohio State University, about growing hydrangeas for the florist trade, dated 1947

Context

Examples of trying to find new crops for Michigan's "Fruit Belt"

Collection

1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.88

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

Gift. Blueberry growing docs from Gretchen and Arnold Schafter 541 W. Wisconsin, Chicago, IL 60614. Jeff Wilcox has complete address.

Location

Box

024 Basket Factory, Fruit Exchange, Fruit Growing

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Documents reproduced using a purple-ink spirit duplicator are fading. The most endangered of those documents have been photographed, contrast enhanced and attached to this entry.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mann, Charles "Charlie" W. 1911-2001

Create Date

December 30, 2022

Update Date

December 30, 2022