
\ ESTON NURSERIES has recently acquired some 
4oo acres of farm and wood land in Hopkinton, Massa- 
chusetts, which will be planted to farm crops for the dura- 
tion of the war, or as long as a food shortage may exist. 
After that time it will be planted to choice nursery stock, 
with a section set aside for an arboretum later on. This 
property has aroused much enthusiasm in our organiza- 
tion, and we think our customers will be interested in 
knowing something about tt, too. 
The property consists mainly of four adjoining farms, 
the oldest farms of Hopkinton, with historical backgrounds, 
namely: The Tebeau Farm, the Phipps Farm, the Bixby 
Farm and the Bigelow Farm. 
On the Tebeau Farm, which was originally the Town 
Farm of Hopkinton, there 1s a large farmhouse, several 
barns, a blacksmith shop with large hand bellows, an old 
schoolhouse, and even a two-celled jail with handmade 
tron doors and bars in front of the small windows. In 
recent years this farm has been known as ‘“‘The Lucky 
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