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EARLY RECOLLECTIONS BY WM. C. HOYT
June 7th, 1873
Mr. Throop did not labor with his own hands much, if any, yet he very often lent his personal presence where his work was being prosecuted. It was his practice to walk over every lot and field of his at least once in every day, which made him perfectly acquainted with the true condition of everything all the time. He was a man of great endurance, and was such an adept in walking, that he would outwalk, and tire out any robust, work-hardened farmer. Gov. Throop in the arrangements for his orchard and garden, observed the same order and system, and if possible, with greater exactness than was found elsewhere. By referring to the orchard chart you would find the names of all the different kinds of fruit written against its number, i. e. against a particular number in a certain row, would be written Greening, and against another number in another row would be written Baldwin, and so on through the whole catalogue of apples, peaches, pears, &c. And so also with regard to the garden, you might with that chart before you while sitting in the house, determine the exact locality, and name of every shrub, and plant, and flower, and every other thing, whether useful or ornamental, in that fine garden. There you would find a choice collection of rare and valuable European and American plants and flowers. He frequently sent orders to France and other parts of Europe for fruit trees, plants, and flowers. At one time he ordered certain varieties of apple trees from France, for the purpose of growing his own scions for grafting.
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