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CONTENTS. 



- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOREAU BY RALPH WALDO EM 



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THE SUCCESSION OF FOREST TREES ..... 33 



WILD APPLES. 



THE HISTORY OF THE APPLE TREE . . . -53 



THE WILD APPLE ........ 62 



THE, CRAB .......... 64 



How THE WILD APPLE GROWS ..... 65 



THE FRUIT, AND ITS FLAVOR ...... ^ 



THEIR BEAUTY ........ ^ 6 



THE NAMING OF THEM ....... ^ 



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THE LAST GLEANING ....... 



THE &quot;FROZEN-THAWED&quot; APPLE ..... 81 



