Bvolutton of Iborticulture 



and planting of vines. We have inquired 

 dilligently for such, but cannot meet with 

 any of that nation. Nevertheless, God, 

 hath not left us altogether unprovided of 

 a man able to undertake that work ; for 

 that we have entertained Mr. Thomas 

 Graves, a man commended to us as well 

 for his honesty, as skill in many things 

 very useful." 1 



Mr. Graves proved a most valuable ad- 

 dition to the plantations of New England, 

 for which region he entertained the most 

 exalted ideas, as had been shown by his 

 letters, from which quotations had been 

 made. As to his ability in the planting 

 of vineyards, and the manufacture of 

 wines, there is no historical evidence. 



Wood also describes other indigenous 

 productions : ' ' The Wallnut tree is some- 

 thing different from the English Wallnut, 

 being a great deal more tough, and more 

 serviceable, and altogether as heavie : 

 These trees beare a very good nut, some- 

 thing smaller, but nothing inferiour in 



1 Young, Mass. Chron., p. 152. 



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