Southwick, Massachusetts, USA
1872 - OLD APPLE TREES. - The New England Homestead says:

An old apple tree, more than a hundred years old, is standing on the farm of L. A. Lamson, Southwick, which produced apples for more than seven barrels of cider, last year. This tree is fifteen feet and two inches in circumference at the butt, and measures around the outer edge of the limbs eleven rods. It is healthy, and in appearance is good for many years to come. Mr. Lamson reports and old tree that stood on this farm a few years ago, from which apples enough were produced to make thirty bushels after they were dried. As it takes three bushels of green apples to make one of dry, it must have produced ninety bushels at one bearing.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 20, 1872

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