| Show The wide-spreading Carolina poplar tree was planted near the house--its wide-spreading branches overheated the for kitchen summer cool made housewife The men used its cover for sleeping quarters Howremember the good apples we used to get in grandmaorchard The huge Sweet Bough the Red Astican and Red June Yes and the Coddling and Early Pear and Harvest Apple more and Rhode Twenty were found Island Ounce in Mt Green and and Porter Pleasant Pearmain All these orchards Stealing apples wasmain sport for young people None cared they had plenty and we went mostly to our for she own orchards Many of the apples were dried winter use remember grandma telling how carriedbasket of dried apples to Eliza Snow when she went to be married in the Endowment House Plums Plum vere from the of all used the fields Gooseberries kinds most and and the and Potawatomies dried Red Greengage and along Black with Blue were other currants gathered plums were found in many orchards Under the trees were planted the good nutritious plant called Carraway used in soup This early green wastreat in the spring along with rhubarb pie and groundcherry jam remember couple of cherry trees along the sidewalk by Brother Cliffhome He hadnear nursery in his lot on First West by the big creek Here he propagated and grafted trees and supplied the town Main street was an orchard at one time Four tall Lombards stood alone after the fire these gave welcome shade when parades went by and also to visit under Dad tell us planted and cared old fort picnics to North when about for friends met the parks Mt Pleasant beautiful park where the stood Here we enjoyed baseball and It gave way much to our unhappiness Sanpete High school in 1910 It was surrounded seats for tions were encampments by the board fence ballgames held in enjoyed this its which Fourth shady and park spacious 84 provided 24th elevated celebra Black shade We Hawk lovec |
