What Was Fruitlands? An 1843 Farm Commune That Lasted Months

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorA viewer on bbn. live wants theories on what Fruitland is. Our research found Fruitlands, a utopian farm commune founded in eighteen forty-three in Harvard, Massachusetts.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStarted by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane, per Wikipedia, on transcendentalist principles. They meant to live off the fruits of the land.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAnd the rules, Dale. No animal products, no animal labor, and everybody wears linen. Not wool, not cotton. Linen.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHow long did it last?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorJune eighteen forty-three to January eighteen forty-four. That's a franchise folding before the playoffs, a family in crisis by Christmas.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe farm was poorly suited to growing food, and the members preferred philosophy and poetry to farm work.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorSo the whole roster wanted to be the coach.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLouisa May Alcott, Bronson's daughter, wrote it up in Transcendental Wild Oats. If you meant a game or a different Fruitland, we found nothing.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAsk us again at bbn. live.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLinen in a Massachusetts January. The weather didn't even need a game plan.