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Timeline - 1865

Date: 1865
Title: Albert N. Prentiss and a new variety of tomato
Description: Albert N. Prentiss, professor and head of the horticulture department, "produced a new variety of tomato of superior quality."

The college apple orchard that was planted in 1858, first bore fruit in 1865 as well.

From The Spirit of Michigan State, by J. Bruce McCristal