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Charles Sumner: “A recent resident reports that there are no fruit-trees, and not even a raspberry-bush, and that he lost all his…”

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A recent resident reports that there are no fruit-trees, and not even a raspberry-bush, and that he lost all his potatoes during one season by a frost in the latter days of July; but do not forget that these potatoes were the wall-flowers of the Arctic Circle.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner shares a resident's account of the harsh agricultural conditions in the Arctic Circle, emphasizing the difficulties faced by settlers.

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