History of Introduced Fruits into America - Native American Fruit Trees and Hybrid Fruit Tree Improv

Christopher Columbus in 1493 introduced citrus trees				of pear trees to plant and grow into fruit trees at the
into America on the Island of Haiti, by planting the seed				American colony located at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
of the sweet orange tree, the sour orange, citron,				Captain John Smith reported in 1629 that seed-grown
lemon, lime, and pummelo fruit trees. Records show				peach trees were growing in the American colony at
that citrus trees were well established by the Spanish				Jamestown, Virginia. Apple trees were grown at
in coastal South Carolina and Saint Augustine, Florida				Boston, Massachusetts, in 1629 by William Blackstone,
by the year 1563.Historical English documents show				an American colonist, and this practice of planting fruit
that the Massachusetts Company in 1629 sent seeds				trees rapidly spread among many other farmers there.

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