Evolution of tborticulture 



any tyme send to mee for them, & I 

 will supply youe as longe as I haue a 

 tree." 1 



Wood, in his description of the various 

 plantations of Massachusetts Bay, in 1633, 

 says : " The next Towne is Misticke, 

 which is three miles from Charles Towne 

 by land, and a league and a halfe by wa- 

 ter : It is seated by the waters side very 

 pleasantly : there be not many house as 

 yet. On the West side of this River the 

 Governour hath a Farme, where he keeps 

 most of his Cattle. On the Bast side is 

 Maister Craddockes plantation, where he 

 hath impailed a Parke, where he keepes 

 his Cattle, till he can store it with 

 Deere." 2 



April 2, 1632, Conants Island in Bos- 

 ton Harbor was granted to Governor 

 Winthrop, and the name was thereafter 

 changed to "The Governour's Garden." 

 He promised for this gift to plant an or- 

 chard and a vineyard here, and engaged 



1 Mass. Hist. Coll., vol. vi., pp. 146, 147. 



2 Wood's New England Prospect, p. 46. 



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