Fruit Belt is a term in the United States for an area where the microclimate provides good conditions for fruit growing.
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Fruit Belts are prominent around the North American Great Lakes region, notably West Michigan (Fruit Ridge) and western Northern Lower Michigan in tandem,[1][2][3][4] and the southern shore of Lake Erie.[5] The conditions that produce a micro-climate favorable to fruit cultivation are the same that produce lake-effect snow; therefore, Fruit Belts and snowbelts are often concurrent. The map at right shows Great Lakes snowbelts which cover a somewhat larger area than the fruit belt. Notably, there are no fruit belts in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.[citation needed] A Fruit Belt also exists in Central Washington State.[6] Berries are grown on the West Coast.
See also
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edit- ^ "Fruit Growing Conditions". Southwest Michigan Fruit Belt Project. Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Image of the Month: Fruit Belt Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine". Archives of Michigan, Michigan Historical Center, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, October 2007.
- ^ "The Fruit Belt Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine" (historical marker S0155, erected 1958). Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Webpage retrieved on 2010-06-29.
- ^ Henry, Alfred J. (1906). Climatology of the United States, Bulletin Q. U.S. Weather Bureau. p. 556.
- ^ "Lake Erie Concord Grape Belt: Concord Grape Belt Tourism Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine". Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
- ^ Friedlander, Paul J.C. "Circle of Beauty". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-05.[permanent dead link] Reprinted in St. Petersburg Times, 1977-07-03.
Further reading
edit- Ellis, Franklin (1880). "Chapter XIX: The Fruit Belt". History of Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Michigan. Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co. pp. 118–126.