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of a peach. One seedling of this tree, the selection from hundreds of 

 thousands, he sold to a company, formed especially for the purpose of 

 multiplying and introducing it into the market. This company was 

 not to raise crops from it and to sell the fruit, but to produce grafts 



and as many plants as were required to introduce it into those states of 

 North America where it will thrive, to make it one of the most com- 

 monly cultivated trees in the United States and thereby to add millions 

 upon millions of dollars to the annual production of the country. How 



