Letter from Ozem Woodruff, 5 December 1854
Richland Dec [5]—Dear Brother
Willford I have sent you my
best sort off fruit some 30
Different kindes as soon as you
receive those [s]cions take them
out and put them in to
a boxx off dry sawdust or
dry mosse cover them loose
not pack them tit so as to have
them mold then put them
in to your cellar becarful
they do not mold iff they
are like to mold take them out
rub off the mold are[air] them
are them and put them
back be careful they do not
leave before yo set them. I hav
written to Aphek to go and set
them for you wether he will
or not I cannot say he says to
is a comming holme this spring ill
he fell last summer in a [sauna]
and hirt him self he is now
well and to work with Jacob
Russel oldest sone William ^Russel^
make your wax one & tallow one &
beeswax three & rasum melted
oveer aslow fier till melted
then pore it into cold water
then pull it like cande till
it is white as snow grees your
handes when you pull your
wax allso when you graft
I have whittled one [s]cion for ^graft^
three budes is ^[long]^ plenty to cut off
3 Buds is sufficient to cut off
