Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society volume 6
Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society volume 6
Danvers Historical Society
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Higginson that green peas were about as early in 1629 as with us at the present day. It was here in this garden in Salem that he probably planted his famous pear tree, together with other fruits, and upon receiving the grant of the Orchard farm, they were removed there probably after the land was broken up by the plow, which was in 1633. This venerable tree, now more than 220 years old, we visited today [Aug. 9, 1852], and found on some of its branches it had made a growth of three or four inch...es this season, although it bears the mark of extreme decrepit old age. I should think it would produce this autumn a peck of pears, very fair in their ap- pearance. The tree has thorny wood and was undoubtedly never grafted. In 1648, Governor Endecott appears to have devoted much attention to the cultivation of fruit trees. We find at this (78) GOVERNOR ENDECOTT AN HORTICULTURALIST 79 period that he exchanged five hundred apple trees of three years' growth with William Trask, for two hundred acres of land !
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