. The Winchester record . l. Did a native American crabapple-tree, either at ButtersRow, or a few yards south of the Black Horse Tavern,or in Tewksbury, or elsewhere, by any force within its ownbark, — with or without the attendance of the woodpeck-ers,— develop into one whose sap (see Baldwin Apple inBrookss Medford) so fascinated the red-headed birds, andwhose fruit so captivated human eyes by its beauty and thepalate by its exquisite flavor? Or did some seedling ofEuropean origin find its way to the American wildernessand cultivate itself to such perfection ? Tracing theoriginal tree to Bnt
. The Winchester record . l. Did a native American crabapple-tree, either at ButtersRow, or a few yards south of the Black Horse Tavern,or in Tewksbury, or elsewhere, by any force within its ownbark, — with or without the attendance of the woodpeck-ers,— develop into one whose sap (see Baldwin Apple inBrookss Medford) so fascinated the red-headed birds, andwhose fruit so captivated human eyes by its beauty and thepalate by its exquisite flavor? Or did some seedling ofEuropean origin find its way to the American wildernessand cultivate itself to such perfection ? Tracing theoriginal tree to Bntterss farm, or any other farm, stillleaves room for much speculation upon the question how itgot there. The accompanying photographs of prominent old homesnamed in this paper form an additional attraction to itshistorical statements, especially as the descriptive notesexhibit the relationship of the parties associated with thename of the apple and its earliest introduction (by commonconsent) to public attention. G.
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