Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-12-28

Illus, and Caudius." He particuarlizes the
"quince apples" that came from ounce
grated upon an apple stock, which smelled like
the ounce, and were called Appino, after
Appius, of the house of Claudius. 1t must
be confessed, however, that Pliny has related
so many particulars as facts, concerning the
apple, (such as changing the fruit to the color
Of blood. by grating it on the mulberry and
the tree in the Tyburtnes country grated
and laden with all manner Of fruits" which
are regarded by modern grafters as physio-
logical impossiblities) it would seem that
very little confidence could be placed in his
statement Of any kind. But what reason have
we to doubt the authority of man whose life
was spent to the benefit of mankind, and
whose death was caused by his perseverance
in search Of truth Instances of grating
trees of different families upon one another,
are also mentioned by other old authors ; and
even our Evelyn, of more recent times, states
that he saw in Holland rose engrafted upon
the orange. Columella, practical husband
man, who wrote some years before Pliny, des-
cribos three methods of grating, as handed
down to him, by whom he calls the "ancents,Y
besides fourth method OF his own, and a
mode of marching, or grating by approach,
whereby all sorts of gratis may be grated
upon all sorts OF trees" 1t would appear,
however, that the art Of grating, at the period
in which he aourished, was comparatively a
modern invention. as it is not mentioned by
Moses in his directions to the Israeites, when
they X y Y shall come into the land, and
shall have planted all manner Of trees y nei-
ther by Hesiod nor Homer, although forming
part of the subjects on which they wrote.
The making of cider was introduced into
Britain by the Normaps, who, it is said OBJ
taincd the art from Spain, where it is no longer
practiscd. This liquor is supposed to have been
first known, however, in Africa, from its be-
: ing mentioned by the two African fathers
Tertullian and Augustine, and was introduced
by the Carthaginians into Biscay province
: unfriendIy to the vine, on which account ii
became the substitute in other countries.
The introduction OF the common apple-trcc
, into the British North American colonies
; dates back to the early periods of their set
Elements. The seed of apples, and of various
other products, were brought from England
at the order of the Governor and Company
of the Massachusetts Bay in New England
in 1649 On the Sd Of April, 1882, Cover
nor's island, in Boston harbor, was granted to
Governor Winthrop, on condition that he
should plant thereon vineyard or an orchard
Apples were cultivated near Plymouth by the
Pilgrims, soon after their arrival, and some OF
the original trees were standing there up to
within few years.
TO Massachusetts we are indebted for the
famous " Baldwin apple" so much esteemed
for its good qualities and long keeping 1t
originated in Wilmington near Boston, moro
than century ago, in that part Of the town
now called Somerville, on the farm of Mr.
Buffers, and was known for time as the
Butter apples" AS the tree was frequented
and perforated by the woodpecker, it was also
called the Woodpecker apple" Orchards
were propagated freely from this tree eighty
or more years ago, by DR.. Jabez Brown, OF
Wilmington, and by Col. Baldwin, of Woburn.
By the sons of these latter gentlemen this fruit
was brought into general notice, as the Bald
win apple.
The first orchard planted in Rhode Island
was at Study Hill, near Pawtucket, by Rev.
William Blackstone, in 1886. 1t contained
an apple by the name OF the Yellow Sweet
ing" famous in that day.
The apple was planted at Hartford, in Con
necticut, previous to the year 1915. An an
cient tree of the Peermain" variety is still
standing on the Charter Oak place, in that
city which was brought from England, by &C.
orge Wyls, more than two hundred years ago.
The Fish apple was brought to Ports
mouth in New Hamshire, by John Fisher, a
merchant ftom London, in IL The original
tree is still standing on the public farm in that
city, in good bearing condition.
In 174l, apples we're exported from New
England to the West indies, in considerable
abundance Prior to that period, one hun
dred hogsheads OF elder were made from a
single farm
The common apple was grated on wild crab
stocks in Virginia, in 1647. TIE same year,
twenty butts Of cider were made in that col
ony, by Richard Bennett.
A " Cooling tree" sent from England about
century ago, by Charles, Lord Baltimore to
his son, Benedict Calvert, is now standing in
full vigor at Mount Airy, PRICE, Georges
county, in Maryland.
The original" Newton Pippin" tree is sta
ted to have been the spontaneous production
of seed near a swamp in Newton, Long Is
land, New York, more than century aud q
half ago. 1t stood on the estate Of Gorshoom
Moor, and for a long time the fruit went by
the name of the " Gershom Moore Pppin,' SO
called in honor Of its former proprietor. AZ
ter enduring for more than hundred years,
this tree died, in about the year 1905, from
excessive cutting and exhaustion. Its scioas
were In great request by all the principle am
ateurs and orchardists of the day, and enaraft-
ed trees of it are still to be met with in the
; neighboring towns, which have stood beyond
: the memory of man.
| 1t appears, from Dodley's London annual
Register" that in the year 1853, the society
for promoting arts, &c., at New York, awar-
, ded premium of G10 to Thomas Young, Of
r Oyster bay, for the largest nursery Of apple.