An Orchard in the City

An Orchard in the City. . , Two centuries ago, there was a thriving fruit orchard on this land, but it was lost to nature and neglect over the decades. Since 2011, the Farm at Bartram's Garden has brought a 21st century orchard to life with the help of the Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP). POP has partnered with the Farm to plant over 110 fruit and nut trees and provide education programs about orchard care. The Bartram's Garden orchard is maintained by the Farm partners and its yields will supplement other produce grown and distributed through this partnership to the Southwest Philadelphia community., The Orchard of Ann and Robert Carr at Bartram's Garden , An 1880 description by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society:,

"Mr. Carr's fruit nursery has been greatly improved, and will be enlarged next spring to twelve acres, its present size is eight [acres]. The trees are arranged in systematical order, and the walks-well graveled. The whole is abundantly stocked, from the seed bed to the tree.", "Here are to be found 113 varieties of apples, 72 of pears, 22 of cherries, 17 of apricots, 15 of plums, 59 of peaches, 5 of nectarines, 3 of almonds, 6 of quinces, 5 of mulberries, 6 of raspberries, 6 of currants, 5 of filberts, 8 of walnuts, 6 of strawberries, and 2 of medlars ...."