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teemed in England, that he received several premiums. 

 It is to be wished that this Avork were reprinted here ; 

 that every one having even the smallest orchard might 

 possess it. It might probably be reprinted, and sold 

 at a price one third, or perhaps one half less than that 

 obtamed by importers of the copy from England, 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



Richard Peters. 

 Dr. James Mease, 



Secretary Agric. Soc. Philad. 



Burlington., February Bth, 1808. 

 Dear Sir, 



The opinion that clover possesses some property 

 injurious to the growth of apple trees, had been suggest- 

 ed to me by several men of observation and practical 

 information previous to the receipt of your letter of last 

 spring. Some of my own experiments in the planting 

 of orchards had not succeeded to the extent of my ex- 

 pectations, and their failure was ascribed to the culti- 

 vation of clover. I was well convinced of the benefi- 

 cial effects which had been derived to the agriculture 

 of our country from the introduction of clover, and be- 

 ing desirous of availing myself of its ameliorating pro- 

 perties in the improvement of my farm, I was alarmed 

 by an apprehension of its interference with a favourite 

 scheme I had in contemplation ; that of enriching my 

 neighbourhood i^nd improving my own property, by 



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