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High Place Andover Henry County Feby. 8. 1857
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Mrs John A and Charles Kennicott
West North field
Sir,
I wish to have this next Spring [fifty?][underlined] standard apples trees. I give you a list of the kind of apples; which I will plant in my orchard and how many of every kind, but I will have this next spring not more than [fifty?] trees about 7 to 8 years old and hope, [than?] you can give my 50 many, than it makes for my no differente which kind of the list you will give this year of the list, when only the trees are old enough. Next year we takes the, which we don't get this season
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Send the trees so early as possible to Genereo - Chicago - Rock Island. RR. and me let know what I have to pay that I can send the money
One dozen Goosberries (different kinds) One dozen Currants One dozen Raspberries
send whit the fruit trees
Respectfully Yours Ehrh. Schmidt
What do you think, which kind of apple trees I must add to the list. I have to plant althogether about 300 trees in 3 to 4 years.
Ehr. Schmidt
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4 [Assrachan?] red 4 Kerwig Kodling 8 Fall Pippin 16 Rambo 4 Gravenstein 8 [Gamme Grise?] 8 Northern Spy 8 Newtown Pippin 8 Rasbarry Russet [Bosson?] 8 Russet Golden - Bullocks Pippin 8 Swaar 8 Spitzenburg Europus 8 Fluirking 4 Reinett Canada 8 White Winter Permain 112
Send 60 of this trees 6 to 8 years old. One dozen Currants One " Raspberries One " Currants.