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and apples. A gentleman, 12 years ago, 

 while at a party in London, put the seeds 

 of the grapes and apples which he ate into 

 his vest pocket; soon afterwards he took a 

 voyage to this country and left them 

 here, and now they are greatly multi- 

 plied." 



J. K. Townsend. an American natural- 

 ist, arrived at Fort Vancouver September 



16, 1834, and after looking over the farm 

 and examining its products, says: "The 

 greatest curiosity, however, is the apple, 

 which grows on small trees, the branches 

 of which would be broken without the 

 support of props. So profuse is the quan- 

 tity of fruit that the limbs are covered 

 with it, and it is actually packed to- 

 gether precisely in the same manner that 



1. Old Apple Tree at Fort Vaiui.iiviM-, Wasliinston. the Seed tor Wliicb Was 

 Planted About lS2Tj. 



