^Evolution of Iborttculture 



estates. Some of these had enjoyed, in 

 their native land, the best of society. 

 Their family connections were honorable : 

 their professions and occupations in life 

 had been excellent, and every comfort 

 which the possession of " fruitful lands, 

 stately buildings, goodly orchards and 

 gardens could afford, had been at their 

 command." It was from these last, as 

 would naturally be expected, that the ad- 

 vancement in the various forms of horti- 

 culture, beyond the mere production of 

 cereals for daily bread, rapidly proceeded. 

 While noticing, especially, the interest 

 taken, and the practical method pursued 

 in the planting of orchards and the pro- 

 duction of various fruits by Bndicott and 

 Winthrop, the attempts made at Plymouth 

 in the same direction by the earlier settlers 

 and by Governor Prince, vestiges of which 

 have survived to the present day, should 

 not be overlooked. Among these may be 

 mentioned the well established record of 

 the apple tree planted by Peregrine White, 

 the first child of the Pilgrims, at Marsh- 

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