RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



Alley," as has oft been reported, tiad 

 a beautiful garden, the products of 

 which it is said he loved to distribute, 

 one of his recipients being Fanny 

 Kemble, who from her home on York 

 road frequently passed this way on 

 driving trips, a recreation she always 

 loved. It is also recorded that Roset 

 first introduced tomatoes to German- 

 town, but this does not appear to be 

 correct, for the credit belongs, I think, 

 to E. B. Gardette, whose place on 

 Wissahickon avenue, opposite Man- 

 heim street, is marked by three nota- 

 ble pine trees rising to a height of 80 

 feet. 



This gentleman came to America 

 during the Revolutionary period, and 

 it is said his gardener first grew the 

 tomato (lycopersicum esculentum), or 

 love apple, for the color of its fruit. 

 Melons or canteloupes were also first 

 raised here, it has been stated, but 

 this I have never been able to verify, 

 "for the seed of the canteloupe was 

 brought to this country from Tripoli, 

 and distributed by Commodore James 

 Barron," so I give the credit for what 

 it is worth. 



This, however, I know, Philip R. 

 Freas, a neighbor of Commodore Bar- 



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