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Cayuga, Ils. April 7" 1859
Dr. Kennicott. West Northfield, Ils.
My Dear sir, Seeing advertised from
the Bloomington Nursery 100 apple trees
from 2 - 5 years old [insert above: 5 - 7 feet high] for $12.50. & [illegible]
that your prices will not exceed that, &
believing that trees of more northern growth
will take better than [illegible: trees?] from the south, &
provided also that you will deal with
me in a brotherly & friendly way, & send
me what you really know to be worth having,
I should thank you to send me earliest
possible 100 grafted apple trees, most
winter apples, or say 75 apple trees &
the rest made up of cherry & peach, of the
latter very few, as they are not likely
to do good. [strikethrough: also 100 [illegible]]
I can send you Illinois curren-
cy, if you desire so, by [illegible]
mail, or a draft on a Chicago bank.
Yours truly
B. J. Bettelheim
P.S. We pay here from 40-50 cents
for 2 feeet high Spruce or
arbor vitae. If you can let
them go cheaper, & do freight
makes not much difference I
should thank you for half
one dozen
[in other handwriting: B. J. Bettleheim]