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of a peach. One seedling of this tree, the selection from hundreds of thousands, he sold to a company, formed especially for the purpose of multiplying and introducing it into the market. This company was not to raise crops from it and to sell the fruit, but to produce grafts
and as many plants as were required to introduce it into those states of North America where it will thrive, to make it one of the most commonly cultivated trees in the United States and thereby to add millions upon millions of dollars to the annual production of the country. How