Jellett, Edwin C. (Edwin Costley), 1860-1929. · Philadelphia: Horace F. McCann · leaf 60
The kitchen garden contains one acre, which isjudiciously cropt, and well stocked with fruit trees, amongthe latter is a very rich cream colored plum, streaked on thepart exposed to the sun and transparent; it is said to be aseedling, and of a rich flavor. A pear orchard of consider-able extent is… … 39 garden was situated upon Germantown Avenue, its northernboundary being Trullinger, now Carpenter Lane. Its im-provements covered an area of 350 acres, and for many yearsit proved one of the principal attractions to strangers visitingPhiladelphia. Joseph Paul told me the improvements weremade…
