RKBP-031

Geneseo, April 2, 1855

Messrs J.A. & C. Kennicott,

Gentlemen,

Can you furnish the following list of Fruit Trees, &c. and what charge for the whole bill, viz:

apples[underlined] - Red Astraian - Summer Rose - Keswick Codlin - Sweet Bough - Early Joe - Early Strawberry - Dutches of Oldenberg - Drap d'Or - Fall Pippin - Gravenstein - Twenty Ounce - Hawthornden - Maiden's Blush - St Laurence - Baldwin - Canada Reinette - Bailey Sweet - Cutch Mignone - Lady Apple - Northern Spy - 1 of each, part[underlined] Pyramidal[underlined], but mostly[underlined] Dwarfs[underlined]. 21 in all.

Pears[underlined] - On Quince[underlined], Bartlett - Louise Bonney de Jersey White Doyenned - Beurne Diel - Doyenne [Boussock?] - Dutchess [d'Angoulenne?] - Vicar of Winkfield - Glout Morceau - Easter Bureau - Doyenne d'Ete - Rousselet Stutgart - Bureau Goubalt Belle Lucrative - Long Green - Napoleon - [Lieulle?] - 16 one of each variety - Dwarf & Pyramidal equal parts -

Cherries[underlined] - Belle Magnifique - Belle de Choisy - Donna Maria - Early Richmond - Late Dute - May Duke - English Morello - Plumstone Morello - Reine Hortense. Pyramid & Dwarfs, except two best standards. - 9 -

Plums[underlined] - Six Choice Standards - Six do. Dwarfs & Standard[strikethrough] Pyramidal

Peaches[underlined] - Barnard's Yellow Rareripe - Crawford's Early - Crawford's Late Melecoton - George 4th - Jaques Rareripe Large Early York - Lemon Cling - Large White Cling - Morris White - Red Cheek Melocoton - Snow - Old Mixon Free Stove - One of each -

Apricots[underlined] - Early Golden - Large Early - Moorpark - 1 of each

Quinces[underlined] - Six [Cour?] Standard Orange -

Grapes[underlined] - One Clinton & one Diana - 2 years old.

Blackbery[underlined] - One New Rochelle -

Gooseberries[underlined] - Five dos choice kinds - assorted -

Raspberries[underlined] - Syx[strikethrough] Twelve Antwerp - Six Knevitt's Giant - Six Franconia - three monthly -

Currants[underlined] - Cherry - Knight's Red - Prince Albert - Red Dutch - White Do - Victoria - White Grape - 3 of each Silver Striped - Attractor - Large Fruited Missouri - 1 each

Roses[underlined] - Four Season Provence - Madam Campan - Unique - Greville, or seven Sisters - Persian Austrian Harrison - Baron Prevost - Madam Angelina - Mons Fils Cheri - Cloth of Gold - One of each.

Spirea[underlined] - One of each Double flowering Plum leaved - Douglass -

Honey[underlined] Suckle[underlined] - Monthly fragrant - Chinese Twining - 1 ea

Chinese[underlined] Wisteria[underlined] - one -

Paconias[underlined] - Bankh - Albirans Plena - Maxima - Humei - Whittleji - One each -

Dahlias[underlined] - 1 Doz choise assorted Roots

Silver Fire, European - Norway Spruce Fir - European[underlined] Mountain Ash - One each.

Also - A choise variety of seeds of ornamental Trees, fruits & flowers

You will oblige me by information at as early a date as possible, whether you can fill the above for[strikethrough] Order with thrifty good sired trees, &c and at what price, for Cash. There are several of my neighbors who wish to procure about a similar amount, if not too[underlined] costly[underlined].

In haste,

Yours, respectfully Henry C. Sleight

N.B. Also, 200 Asparaguss roots, 2 years old - and some Loo Lung seed (substitute for Asparagus[underlined]).

Direct to me "Geneseo, Henry Co. Ill." -