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T Gibbs to Mr John Turton, Mr Gibbs, Ampthill, Bedfordshire

25 Dec 1820

From: 1820 To: 1820

Detailed instructions as to marking the pales where the dwarf peach trees are to go, and also the standards, and request for final numbers of each. Put small wood label on each tree, dwarfs and standards, with number on the trees on pales from Holly Hedge to Main Walk. Put a little fresh paint on the label and write with pencil before the paint is dry. Am sorry to learn that cows had destroyed some of the rows of turnips on Pinfold Hill. A serious loss. Wants to know where cows got in. Trees on sandy part of Pinfold West side (except the first quarter which is Scotch firs) may be taken up, sized ready for planting, and ground covered with gault. Get a good quick hand to clip the hedge in Close for an hour exactly, and then measure how long it is, so that the writer can ascertain what he should pay per pole clipping it by the 'great' or measure. But do not disclose what you are doing. Espalier apple trees round the walks in the nursery will require pruning etc. I intend being down latter end of the week. P.S. Let me know if the Dog Kennel that the white dog lies in is large enough for a large Newfoundland Dog. Have an excellent furious one promised me I mean to send down to guard the yard and premises

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Gibbs, Thomas,
Turton, John,
Gibbs

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