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growing near here, so we cannot say what it would do, but what is grown 

 here would compare well with other parts. The price of land varies ; 

 some land close to town sells from fifty to one hundred dollars per acre ; 

 farm lands from twenty-five to thirty-five. The amount of apples shipped 

 from Meadville, this county, last fall, was 1,788 barrels. If I can get the 

 amount from other places, I will send them to you. 



Yours respectfully, 



JOSEPH GAMBLE. 



