Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 86
i885.. J A C K - I N - T H E - P U L PIT 73 body else know of a chestnut-tree without burrs ?Amos says the farmers tell him it is the only oneknown in that region, and they re-gard the tree with its burrless nutsas quite a curiosity. While we are upon this subject,here is a letter describing… … another that there is not more than an inch of space between any two,and the little copper-skinned native often pricks his fingers badlywhile gathering the sharp needles. When they have collected a large quantity, they carry them home,and the mother hangs them on lines in front of the low adobe…
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