Fruit Belt

A Fruit Belt is an area where a microclimate provides good conditions for fruit growing.

Fruit Belts are prominent around the North American Great Lakes region, notably West Michigan and western Northern Lower Michigan in tandem,[1][2][3] and the southern shore of Lake Erie.[4] 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. A Fruit Belt also exists in Central Washington State.[5]

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Notes

  1. "Fruit Growing Conditions". Southwest Michigan Fruit Belt Project. Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  2. "Image of the Month: Fruit Belt". Archives of Michigan, Michigan Historical Center, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, October 2007.
  3. "The Fruit Belt" (historical marker S0155, erected 1958). Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Webpage retrieved on 2010-06-29.
  4. "Lake Erie Concord Grape Belt: Concord Grape Belt Tourism". Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  5. Friedlander, Paul J.C. "Circle of Beauty". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-05. Reprinted in St. Petersburg Times, 1977-07-03.