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at the [?] of the [?]
our host has seen no ap-
preciable difference in its
growth and believes it
to be fully 250 years old.
The prospect for a full
corn crop crop was good as
we expect on this place
from force of habit tho
the variety was not
thoguht by some to be
of the best, the grain
being rather shallow on
the cob and the rows
too far apart. We
mother with interest an
experiment with Mac Cor-
mick potatoes in the garden
half of which had been
worked in teh usual way
and the remainder covered
with straw imediately after
planting. The later plot
showed a trifle more vine
growth but not quite
so much color as the
cillivated plot. Some
apples from an old tree
in the garden, appearing
to be an admixture of
Red [?], Summer [?]
and Bentley could not be
named but pronounced
worthy of a good one.
Going into the rose garden
which was in profusion
of bloom [?] to the tender
and efficient care of our
Hostess, we saw in the