CHAPTER V 



FRUITS AND FRUIT GROWING 



^X^JjO^.^ t^Hc hirrn of Mr. Solomon Marsh in 

 ^ ^■^^Tztlf ^ij: I-itchHeld, supposed to be about Ii6 

 years old, and is now in a vigorous state. Its trunk. 

 two feet from the ground, measures eleven feet live 

 inches in circumference. The circumference of its 

 branches is nearly eleven rods in extent. It bore in 

 1835 one hundred bushels of apples of a fine quality." 



As Litchfield was sold for settlement in 17 18, this 

 apple tree, if the above record is accurate, must have 

 been about the first thing planted by the first man who 

 settled in the town. However that may be. its great 

 size and \ igor are sufficient warrant for the statement 



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