Present by Daniel Sullivan, Berehaven, West Cork, to Richard Boyle, The Great Earl of Cork, c 1636 of Harvey Apples, Bon Chretien and Bergamotte pears, Arbutus for his new garden at Stalbridge Park, Dorset and Irelands first horticultural export The Strawberry Tree’ (Arbutus unedo) from 1580s.

Originally posted on West Cork History:
Berehaven: https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Castletown-Bearhaven,+Co.+Cork/@51.6514949,-9.9103302,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x48457e4fcf1360df:0x15e0b4d55c1c38fd Dorset: https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Stalbridge+Park,+Sturminster+Newton,+Dorset+DT10,+UK/@50.9596983,-2.3889487,10z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x487249bbb56149a3:0xceae17b5bbaed297 Present by Daniel Sullivan, Berehaven, West Cork, to Richard Boyle, The Great…