Letter from Ozem Thompson and Electa Z. Nelson Woodruff, 19 November 1855
Answd Nov 19 [18]55
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trim in blosom time
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Golden Sweete & greate baren tree stande all Clima[te]
kusst Sweete greate barrren every year tree
stande all climate wilte those apples in the
sune a few dayes before you pute them in
your cellar ande they will keepe all winter
harvist sweete bough apples nice ripeen one
at time tree rather tender those market stre^et^
sweete apples nice trees stande all climate
Early none such I cut off from my Father
farm in Co grafted buy vermonters sen^se^
we lefte the beste apple you ever saw
I wante you to remember when you
ete [eat] that apple that it growed on your
Father farm your native hunting the fruit
is find while all good I cente ^wante^ you as soon
as you gete those cions iff you gete them this
fall or winter take writee oute all currante
grapes goosebury willers ande bury them
in the grounde in the Springe sete them
oute straite up ande down bearieinge one bude
oute off the grown juste as you wante them
to grow watter them William F Huband is
a honeste man he has started a large nursery
on the corners south off me where you goe
oute buy Localed Russed you can gete any
thin[g] you can ask for off him there sisde [sister]. Afte[r]
in some off the nusrsery trees greatee maney
small imperial sweete apples I have grafted
nursery trees over
