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the history of most of its orchards and fruit-culture, is compara- 

 tively of recent date." The instances recorded, of very old trees 

 there, are, of course, confined to the limited area of the early 

 settlements. 



The people of the two sections, though differing much in their 

 theological and political opinions, were of one nationality, and 

 had interests and tastes in common. Communication by means of 

 sailing vessels was easy and frequent. There were wealthy plan- 

 ters and prosperous farmers in both sections. Prior to the year 

 1640, the settlers in the vicinity of Pemaquid and the " Sheepscot 

 Farms" (Newcastle,) were extensively engaged in agriculture, 

 and in that year agricultural products were exported from the first 

 mentioned point, to Massachusetts, (See " Ancient Dominions of 

 Maine," by R. K. Sewall, Esq., pages 122-3.) Josselyn describes 

 the population in the vicinity of Pemaquid as " magistrates, hus- 

 bandmen and fishermen ; of the magistrates, some be Royalists, 

 the rest perverse spirits ; the like are the planters and fishers, of 

 which some be planters and fishers both — others mere fishers." 



In this connection, I cannot forbear quoting again from Prof. 

 Tuckerman's notes to " New England Rarities," wherein much 

 valuable information has been collected bearing on the subject 

 under consideration. At page 20, (Introduction,) he says in a 

 note : 



"Interleaved almanacs of 1646-48, cited by Savage (Winthrop N. B., vol. ii, p. 332). 

 mention "Tankard" and " Kreton " (perhaps Kirton) apples, as well as Russetins, 

 Pearmains, and Long-Red Apples; beside "the great pears," and apricots, as grown 

 here. — In the Records of the Governor and CoinpaDy of iUassachusetts Bay (Records of 

 Mass., vol. i, p. 24), there is an undated memorandum, "To provide to send to Newe 

 England * * * stones of all sorts of fruites; as peaches, plums, filberts, cherries, 

 pear, aple, quince kernells," Ac., which the "First General Letter of the Governor," 

 Ac, of the 17th April, 1629, again makes mention of (ibid., p. 392); and Josselyn 

 (Voyages, p. 189) ramarks on the " good fruit" reared from such kernels. But, if this 

 were the only source of our ancestors' English fruit, the names which they gave to the 

 seedlings must have been vague." 



It seems reasonable to infer that some of these seeds were sent 

 into Maine ; as they were to be provided " to send to Newe Eng- 

 land," and the settlements at Kittery, York, Scarborough, &c., 

 and at Pemaquid and " Sheepscot Farms " embraced many per- 

 sons who had been prominent and influential in the old country, 

 and the art of husbandry was quite as far advanced with them as 

 in Massachusetts proper. And Josselyn, it will be remembered, 

 who mentions the "good fruit," spent almost the whole of his 

 time while in New England, in Maine, and obtained here what 



