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Interpretation of Important Landscape Features
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Orchards
Fruit trees were planted everywhere in Salem - on the square,
streets, and yards of homes. Every available vacant lot
apparently was used for an orchard. Peaches and apples
were the most popular type of fruit planted, but cherries,
apricots, pear, and quince were also grown. Orchards are
currently growing on the following vacant lots in Old Salem.
Cold Frames
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Reception Center -
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Lot #58 -
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Mock Lot -
(Church S t . ad j acent
to Frank Horton’s)
Central School Meadow =
Apple and crab apple
trees of unknown variety
Montmorency cherries
(sour cherry)
Black Gilliflower and
Newtown Pippin apples;
Seckel and Bartlett pears;
George IV peaches
Black Tartarian and
Montmorency cherries;
Late Crawford Peaches
Cold frames, such as the one reconstructed against the
south end of the Single Brothers House, were often used
by Moravians and early settlers to:
1. Start seedlings for early transplant to gardens
2. Provide fresh greens during winter months
Frames were constructed of stone and wood, faced south
and usually built close to gardens.
Building Foundations
Houses are no longer standing on some lots in Salem. The
foundations of a few of these buildings are marked with
primitive stone walls or an aggregate concrete surface
poured flush with the ground. Gardens and orchards have
been planted behind some foundations to give a feeling of
cultivation and inhabitation.
1. Wash-house foundation behind Single Brothers House
and Workshop
2. 2nd house foundation on Lot #53 (corner of Main
and Bank Streets)
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