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Gov. John Endicott (1589-1665), the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, planted this pear tree, sent over from England, in approximately 1632. The colony granted him "Orchard Farm" in Danvers where he planted this pear tree, which still lives today. You can find it in an enclosed fence, at Rear 100 Endicott St., near the Danversport section of town. According to the Visitor's Guide "this tree is claimed to be the oldest cultivated fruit tree in New England."
Gov. John Endicott (1589-1665), the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, planted this pear tree sent over from England in approximately 1632. The colony granted him "Orchard Farm" in Danvers where he planted this pear tree which still lives today. You can find it in an enclosed fence, at Rear 100 Endicott St., near the Danversport section of town. According to the Salem's 1937 Visitor's Guide "this tree is claimed to be the oldest cultivated fruit tree in New England."


==See Also==
==See Also==
[http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Danvers.html Endicott Pear Tree],scroll down for a photograph of the pear tree.
[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xold+salem+gardens&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D/Xold+salem+gardens&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&search=old+salem+gardens&SUBKEY=old%20salem%20gardens/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=Xold+salem+gardens&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C Old Salem Gardens] Salem Garden Club, 1946, p. 17


[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/Xvisitor%27s+guide+to+salem&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D/Xvisitor%27s+guide+to+salem&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&search=visitor%27s+guide+to+salem&SUBKEY=visitor%27s%20guide%20to%20salem/1%2C9%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=Xvisitor%27s+guide+to+salem&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&4%2C4%2C Visitor's Guide to Salem],1937 ed, p.259
[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2057390?locg=63 Visitor's guide to Salem] 1937 ed., p. 259
[http://www.salemfocus.com/Pear%20Tree.htm Endicott Pear Tree] Salem Focus Website
 
[http://www.danverslibrary.org/archive/?page_id=1902 Endecott Pear Tree archival photos] Danvers Archival Center


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Latest revision as of 15:52, 28 December 2014

Gov. John Endicott (1589-1665), the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, planted this pear tree sent over from England in approximately 1632. The colony granted him "Orchard Farm" in Danvers where he planted this pear tree which still lives today. You can find it in an enclosed fence, at Rear 100 Endicott St., near the Danversport section of town. According to the Salem's 1937 Visitor's Guide "this tree is claimed to be the oldest cultivated fruit tree in New England."

See Also

Old Salem Gardens Salem Garden Club, 1946, p. 17

Visitor's guide to Salem 1937 ed., p. 259

Endecott Pear Tree archival photos Danvers Archival Center

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