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The following facts maj also be interesting, as show- 

 ing the continuous yield of fruit from one apple tree 

 during a term of ten years. I can vouch for their 

 accuracy, as they were furnished by a friend of mine in 

 Essex. 



The tree was a Warner's King, of pyramidal form, and 

 was planted at Ramsden, in Essex, in November, 1871. 



Thus the average crop for the ten yeai^s was four pecks 

 per year. These he sold in Chelmsford market at an 

 average of Is. 6d. per peck. 



The tree occiipies a space of not more than 3 square 



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