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" In the year 1753, a party came up from the vicinity of the fort 

 to fish for alewives, at the Pemaquid Falls ; twelve of these were 

 killed by the Indians. Their friends carried their bodies down in 

 bodts, and laid them under an apple tree which stood some fifty 

 rods north of the fort. This tree was a very large and old one at 

 that time. Mr. Hackleton says this on the authority of Mrs. 

 Curtis, great-grandmother of Daniel and Sylvanus Curtis. There 

 are persons now living who have heard her often tell the story 

 and of her seeing the bodies under the apple tree. There can be 

 but little doubt that this tree was planted by the very first settlers 

 at Pemaquid." 



".There are the remains of very old apple trees at New Harbor, 

 in this town, which no person knows the history of. The father 

 of Mr. William Plummer of South Bristol, came from New Hamp- 

 shire in the year 1767, having purchased the 'Wirling' or ' Wor- 

 ling' place. He came prepared to plant apple trees, &c., but on 

 his arrival found an orchard of large trees in good condition, some 

 of which are still standing." 



One more quotation from a high authority (North's History of 

 A-ugusta, page 175,) is all that need be added in relation to the 

 Pomological History of the ancient town of Bristol : 



"John North, ancestor of the Norths of Augusta, came from 

 Cloneen, in Kings County, Ireland, in about 1730. * * * 

 In 1732, he removed to Pemaquid and settled at the head of Johns 

 river, in the then newly-named Dunbar town of Harrington, now 

 Bristol. There he built a house, cleared land, set out apple trees 

 and cultivated a garden ornamented with shrubs and flowers, and 

 died about ten years after, and was buried at Fort Frederick 

 burying-ground, Pemaquid. The cellar of his house may be seen 

 at the present day, the walls still standing ; it is surrounded by 

 shrubs, the damask and primroses and barberry bushes ; and some 

 very old apple trees remain which stood there when a lady now 

 [1870] ninety -two years old came with her father to Bristol, at 

 the age of six years, and they were 'very old trees then.'" 

 Judge North adds in a foot-note, "MS. letter of Wm. Hackel- 

 ton, Esq., dated Pemaquid, Oct. 9, 18G9, who names Mrs. Blunt 

 as the ancient lady. He says : ' There are remains of a brick- 

 yard which tradition says was worked by the North family, and 

 that he is informed the old people went to what was known as 

 Mrs. North's garden to get plum and cherry trees, barberry bushes, 

 &c. The ox-eyed daisy, or white weed as it is usually called, 



