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grower who casts his lot there. The greater part of the surplus of 
apples and peaches at the present time are purchased in the coun- 
ties of Benton, Washington, Carroll and the northern part of Craw- 
THE ORIGINAL ARKANSAS, OR MAMMOTH BLACK TwiGc, APPLE TREE. 
ford counties, but the other counties named above are equally well 
adapted to the growing of those two staple fruits. The facilities for 
transportation to market afforded by the St. Louis & San Francisco 
R. R. and a branch road from Seligman, Mo., to Eureka Springs, ac- 
counts for the greater developments in these counties. No other 
