Evolution of Iborttculture 



synonymes of fruits." It was to the in- 

 habitants of Salem that the tomato was 

 first introduced, and by them rejected. 



Directly upon the North Shore, the re- 

 markable success of Frederick Tudor in 

 contending with our northern climate 

 deserves a brief notice. At Nahant, in an 

 open field where there was neither tree 

 nor shrub, he made a large garden which 

 he enclosed with a high double palisade 

 as protection from the winds. Here he 

 raised a variety of large and delicious 

 fruit. 



Dedham has had many horticulturists 

 who have been recognized as warm pa- 

 trons of the art. In former years, the 

 residences of Edward Dowse and Fisher 

 Ames were well known far and near for 

 their situation, orchards, gardens, and 

 plantations. Later, those of Wight, 

 Richards, and the Rands have been 

 familiar to the public for the cultivation 

 of fruit, and for the superior collections 

 of greenhouse and orchid plants. 



On the South Shore at Braintree, now 

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