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Winona Minnesota Oct 26. 1861

Dr John A. Kennicott.

Sir your letter of the 22 00 came to hand to day and in compliance with your request I answer immediately. I see by your letter that you want a foreman to take charge of the propagating and out door work. I do not wish to engage as foreman though I think I fully understand the business as to grafting budding taking up and resetting fruit and ornamental trees and small fruits anything in that line but as to flowers and greenhouse plants I know nothing about.
I should like to work for you a while and should like to get a job of grafting I will undertake to graft from say 10 to fifty thousand myself I will cut the scions and label them carefully pack them away and take up your apple stocks. I can go to your place in two weeks- that will be enough to take up the stocks and the scions can be out after that though you may prefer to have them cut sooner.