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in and doe any man Trespass, then mas- 

 ter of the sayd Swine shall be lyable to 

 pay all damages as two indifferent men 

 shall Judge ye damage to be : but if Swine 

 shall be yoked and runge then they are 

 free from damages." l 



The general planting of orchards did 

 not engage the attention of the eastern 

 or Connecticut valley settlers at a very 

 early period. As in the Plymouth or 

 Massachusetts Bay colonies, the cultiva- 

 tion of the cereals and the requisite vege- 

 tables for sustenance was of course the 

 first horticultural matter which required 

 their exertions. And yet the enactment 

 passed by the Court of Massachusetts in 

 1646, and the similar laws by authority in 

 other plantations, show the interest taken 

 in all branches of horticulture from the 

 very first. This was that the person who 

 should be known to rob any orchard or 

 garden, or who should injure or steal any 

 graft or fruit tree, should forfeit treble 

 damages to the owner. 2 

 1 Idem, p. 80. 3 Mass. Records^ vol. ii., p. 180. 

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