 said James ; ' but then I have, or something pretty much like it ; for I saw the gardener, over yonder, cutting off the head of a young pear-tree, and he told me he was going to make it bear apples.  The Listener - Page 151by Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832Full view - About this book
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