Fruitful Legacy: A Historic Context of Orchards in the United States, with Technical Information for Registering Orchards in the National Register of Historic Places

摘要

The purpose of this historic context study is to provide information about the development of the most common types of orchards and fruit trees in the United States and to encourage the nomination of these potential cultural landscapes to the National Register of Historic Places. This study describes the events, important individuals, patterns of development, and spatial characteristics associated with these horticultural properties. The study also provides a national context for identifying and evaluating landscapes that may be eligible under Criteria A through D as defined by the National Register. While this historic context was prepared primarily for national park managers, the context is national in scope and may be useful to orchard managers and researchers outside the national park system.