Field notes, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, undated
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It stood alone in a clearing surrounded by grassland and looked as if it had been deliberately planted there.\n\n54 The ground here is very fertile and produces abundant crops of wheat, oats, barley, rye, flax, hemp, potatoes, turnips, carrots, beets, onions, garlic, leeks, parsnips, cabbages, cauliflowers, lettuces, radishes, spinach, peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas, alfalfa, clover, timothy grass, red clover, white clover, alsike clover, bird's-foot trefoil, vetches, mustard greens, kale, collards, turnip tops, beet tops, carrot tops, onion tops, garlic tops, leek tops, parsnip tops, cabbage leaves, cauliflower leaves, lettuce leaves, radish leaves, spinach leaves, pea vines, bean vines, lentil plants, chickpea plants, alfalfa plants, clover plants, timothy grass plants, red clover plants, white clover plants, alsike clover plants, bird's-foot trefoil plants, vetches plants, mustard greens plants, kale plants, collard plants, turnip tops plants, beet tops plants, carrot tops plants, 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