With 4 consecutive days of frost predicted, these tomatoes were harvested from the museum’s gardens last Friday.  They are an heirloom variety called Large Red, or sometimes Early Large Red.  This variety was known in 18th Century France, was eaten by George Washington, and grown for sauce by Thomas Jefferson.  Possibly the best known tomato variety in America in the first half of the 19th century, . . .

The Museum’s Archaeological Field School, held in conjunction with Plymouth State University and under the supervision of Dr. David Starbuck, dug within the foundation of the former Boys’ Shop in...