In the early 1890s, real estate promoters at Amedee proclaimed the region ideally suited for citrus trees. Of course, there were a lot of skeptics.
In 1911, Standish resident Frank McKay came up with a new marketing campaign to make one of this crops stand out from the others. McKay offered for sale Honey Lake oranges. As it turned out the large orange orbs he had for sale, were in fact the standard pumpkin.
This being the month of October, means Wemple’s Pumpkin Patch at Milford is open. So if you are out and about that way, it is worth the stop.