"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth" - Thomas Jefferson
This is one of the top 5 places I'd like to visit in the near future, being particularly interested in the orchard and obtaining a few heirloom fruit varieties in the process. Being an 8 acre orchard, it holds particular interest since that's approximately the amount of land we own. At one point, Thomas Jefferson had planted 1031 fruit tees: 38 varieties of peach, 27 of plum, 18 apple, 14 cherry, 12 pear, 7 almond, 6 apricot, 4 nectarine, and a quince. This is in addition to his vineyards and berry plots.
http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/fruit-gardens
This is one of the top 5 places I'd like to visit in the near future, being particularly interested in the orchard and obtaining a few heirloom fruit varieties in the process. Being an 8 acre orchard, it holds particular interest since that's approximately the amount of land we own. At one point, Thomas Jefferson had planted 1031 fruit tees: 38 varieties of peach, 27 of plum, 18 apple, 14 cherry, 12 pear, 7 almond, 6 apricot, 4 nectarine, and a quince. This is in addition to his vineyards and berry plots.
http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/fruit-gardens
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