230 HISTORY OF COH ASSET. 



themselves and only a few have been saved, while the pub- 

 lic records of that period, as we shall see later, have been 

 destroyed. An interesting sketch by one of the early 

 Cohasset mariners is reproduced here, showing a full- 

 rigged ship of the early date 1745. It may have been 

 fancy-born instead of real, and the children of a later 

 generation may have marred it by inking over the masts 

 down the sides of the hull ; but the sketch shows how at 

 least one Cohasset boy of that early date looked forward 

 to a mariner's career and how he studied to fit himself to 

 be a commander. 



The merchandise brought from foreign shores to Boston 

 and even to Cohasset added to the supplies produced at 

 .home. 



IFruits of some sort were occasionally brought from the 

 "tropics, but those raised upon their own farms were the 

 main reliance for fruit foods. Small orchards * of an acre 

 or two were owned by nearly every farmer. Apples, 

 pears, cherries, plums, and quinces were cultivated from 

 the beginning, as soon as the settlers could clear enough 

 land for planting. 



Preserves of these and of the many berries that grow 

 wild upon our hills were made by the women. Apples 

 were quartered and strung upon cords to hang in the sun 

 or to hang from the ceiling of the kitchen. There is a 

 high ledge of granite rock about a half mile back from 

 King Street at the Burbank home called "Apple Rock," 

 because the women used to go out upon it and there peel 

 apples and spread them upon the sunny rock to dry. ! 



Apple trees formerly grew all about where now the J 



*As early as March 14, 1646, the following fruit trees were mentioned in Hing- 

 ham Town Records : — 



Apple tree — 5 shillings fine for injury by cattle. 

 Pear tree — „ „ ,, ,, „ „ „ 



Peach tree — 3 „ ,, „ „ „ „ 



Clierry tree — " „ ,, „ „ „ „ 



" All others double damage." 



