1867. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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A PUKITAW APPLE TREE. 



Peregi'ine White, the first English child 

 bom in New England, lived in the eastern ex- 

 tremity of Marshfield, where he also died, in 

 1704, at the age of 83. His farm was in the 

 possession of a descendant of the fifth genera- 

 tion, of the same name, in 1852. On these 

 premises stands the celebrated tree represented 

 in our engraving. Tradition says it was plant- 

 ed about the year 1648. "The owner states 

 that, as far his memory extends, the tree has 

 produced fruit almost every year without in- 

 terruption. The apples have a superior flavor, 

 being a pleasant sour, and of a beautiful red 

 color. When perfectly ripe, we have rarely 

 eaten a better apple. When the writer visited 

 this tree in 1852, only the right hand branch 

 was standing ; this appeared to be a vigorous 

 shoot from the old stock ; the residue of the 

 tree, being partially decayed, had been remov- 

 ed. 



Every thing that relates to our ancestors, 

 or the times in which they lived, is of interest 



to us, as their descendants. Would the reader 

 perpetuate his own memory and secure the 

 blessing of coming generations, let liim plant a 



tree. 



i DATRYMATsT'S COWVENTIOW. 



I The Second Annual Convention of the 

 j American Dairyman's Association was held at 

 \ Utica, N. Y., Jan. 6th and 7th. Delegates 

 were present from Vermont and other New 

 ' England States, from several of the Western 

 I States and from Canada, but the convention 

 ' was largely composed of the dairj^men of New 

 ! York. 



In his opening address, the president, W. H. 

 Comstock, of Utica, reviewed the results of 

 the work for the year past. Their represen- 

 tative in England, Mr. Willard, had fulfilled 

 bis mission admirably, towards whose expenses 

 $1630 had been paid. American cheese was 

 fast gaining a good name in England. It was 

 used upon the tables of many Englishmen. 



