Evolution of Ibortfculture 



Winthrop in the Arbella, in 1630. It was 

 situated near the house, and evidently 

 had never been grafted, for the fruit 

 which the tree produced during nearly 

 two hundred years, was of inferior 

 quality. Governor Endicott, generous, 

 public spirited, vigorous, and useful to his 

 fellow-planters, was much interested in 

 horticultural pursuits, at first in the pro- 

 duction of cereals and vegetables for the 

 daily sustenance of the settlement, and 

 later in the propagation of fruit trees, as 

 is evident by his correspondence with 

 Winthrop and others, on this special 

 subject. 



Governor John Winthrop became much 

 engaged in assisting the humble garden- 

 ing work of the first settlers, and, like 

 Kndicott, turned his attention to orchard 

 and vine planting. September 6, 1631 : 

 "The General Court granted Governor 

 Winthrop 600 acres of land near his house 

 at Mistick." On this farm, to which he 

 gave the name of "Ten Hills," he lo- 

 cated his summer residence, and inter- 

 So 



