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Fences
Lots in Salem were always fenced. Picket and solid board
fences surrounded yards and gardens for protection and
privacy. Split rail and snake fences often bordered
fields, meadows, and orchards. Various styles of picket
fences are depicted below and re-created in various
locations in Salem.
Figure 6. Picket fences have been built for centuries in endless variation. On the left
is shown the earliest type, merely a pointed sapling set into the ground.
Favretti, Rudy and Joy. For Every House A Garden.
Pequot Press, Chester, Connecticut, 1977.
Street Trees
In the late 1770's Moravians paid particular attention
to tree planting in Salem. Trees, especially fruit,
lined streets and lanes, and helped to outline and decorate
Salem Square, Pears and peaches were the most
popular type of fruit for street planting because of their
upright branching habit. Historical urban tree plantings
in early Salem included:
1. An allge of sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) planted
in 1792 from the Tavern to Salem Creek
2. An all6e of catalpas (Catalpa speciosa) on Church St.
in the early 1800's
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