Evolution of fjorticulture 



Hill, overlooking Blackstone River, 

 which was the first that bore apples in 

 the State of Rhode Island, and also long 

 continued noted for its excellent fruit. 

 Until an advanced age, he here quietly 

 pursued his literary and horticultural 

 tastes, which were of the best, and for 

 which his name should be honored. 



A few years after the settlement at 

 Plymouth, plantations had been com- 

 menced north of Massachusetts Bay, at 

 Saco, Agamenticus, and Cocheco, as also 

 at the mouth of the Piscataqua. These 

 were in a languishing condition during 

 several years. On the rivers more to the 

 eastward plantations had also been early 

 attempted on the Kennebec, Androscog- 

 gin, and Penobscot, almost entirely for 

 the purposes of fishing and trading, al- 

 though "farming" was also sometimes 

 included among the incentives. Little 

 or no horticultural efforts, however, were 

 made beyond raising corn for sustenance. 



The first settlement near the mouth of 

 the Piscataqua was made in 1623, under 

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