15S -MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



loose rocks which abound on the place. Broad gravel paths bor- 

 dered by an edging of sod give convenient access to every part of 

 the garden and at the main entrances to the grounds plats of 

 flowering plants and wire trellises covered with rambler roses give 

 evidence that a vegetable garden can be made an ornamental 

 feature of an estate. 



The main garden was devoted to the culture of almost every 

 known kind of culinary vegetables and was in splendid condition; 

 in brief, it was an ideal vegetable garden made a reality. 



The estate of which this garden is only one feature contains 

 about 1G0 acres and is diversified by rock ledges, masses of wood- 

 land, and finely kept grassland. There were also greenhouses 

 devoted to the cultivation of vegetables and flowering and foliage 

 plants, and a nursery of white pine seedlings from which many 

 thousands of young trees are being transplanted to various portions 

 of the grounds. 



Great credit is due to Edward Parker, the head gardener, for 

 the satisfactory results obtained under his administration. 



Dr. W. G. Kendall's Fruit Garden at Atlantic. 



August 15 the committee visited again the interesting fruit 

 garden of Dr. Walter G. Kendall at Atlantic. 



Situated in a deep bowl-shaped hollow in the hill its steep terraced 

 sides afford protection from the winds that blow from the neighbor- 

 ing marshes and harbor and in this sheltered sunny spot Dr. 

 Kendall has succeeded in producing a large number of apple, pear, 

 peach, and plum trees, together with about fifty grapevines and 

 other small fruits. 



By watchful care and intelligent oversight the quality of the 

 fruit produced in this garden is about as near perfection as it is 

 possible to attain. A tree of the Carman peach, heavily laden 

 with ripe fruit, presented a living example of the possibilities of 

 fruit culture in this seacoast region. The grapevines in which 

 Dr. Kendall is evidently especially interested were in a condition 

 of fruitage that suggested something more than ordinary ability 

 in grape culture. His favorite varieties of the grape are the 

 Worden, Niagara, Salem, Delaware, and Diamond. 



