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Princeton April 28, 1854
? & I. A. Kennicott
Dear friend
Your of 25th received
we think is best to defer getting anything
from you until fall, as we have much
planting to do.
We have shipped off some 17,000
Apple trees this spring - mostly sold on time
have had much hindrance and trouble
from bad roads - bad weather ?? Retail
trade in fruit trees has been very light -
we have a large stock of big [big is underlined] trees which
we know not what to do with. The
demand for evergreens has been better
thank for anything else. Much damage
has been done here by the frost throwing
out small trees & plants - an uncommon
occurrance - and most of our grapevines
have been made unfit for sale in not
spoiled by injury to their roots from
the wetings of the soil and frequent