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(III) Abraham Hill, son of Zachariah Hill (2), was born in Malden, Massachusetts, 1672, died March 9, 1746. The inventory of his real estate, dated November 21, 1746, was twenty-one hundred and twenty-eight pounds ; of his personal estate, dated May 12, 1746, one hundred and eighty-five pounds in the house and one hundred and twenty-one pounds outside ; besides cash due upon bond to estate, of three hundred and forty-four pounds ; also one hundred pounds given to Eb- enezer Frost, the husband of Abraham's daughter Deborah. The widow continued to live in the home under the terms of the will the remainder of her life. The house is the pres- ent home of Miss Harriet Hill. Abraham Hill appointed his son-in-law, Ebenezer Frost, his lawful attorney to recover all lands in Charlestown, Lancaster and elsewhere, as one of the heirs of his honored grandfather, Cap- tain Francis Norton. He afterwards con- veyed to Mrs. Soley his right to a certain tene- ment, garden, housings, etc., at Charlestown, belonging to his father, bounded by a house plot owned formerly by his father, Zachariah Hill. He married Sarah Long, born June 24, 1672, died March 30, 1752, daughter of John and Abigail (Norton) Long. Her father was a sea captain and innholder ; he was admitted to the church March 13, 1680; married (first) Abigail Norton, who was admitted to the church in 1660 and died February 21, 1674; married (second) September 10, 1674, Mary Winslow, who died July 20, 1683. Abigail Norton was the daughter of Francis Norton, who came to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1631, and died in 1667. Sarah (Long) Hill was admitted to the precinct church at the or-
ganization, September 9, 1739, and to the Cambridge church, March 8, 1742. Children .: I. Abraham, born 1694, 'died February, 1723; married Mary -. 2. Deborah, born Feb- ruary, 1696, married Ebenezer Frost. 3. Zach- ariah, born April 26, 1708, mentioned below.
(IV) Zachariah Hill, son of Abraham Hill (3), was born in Cambridge (Pleasant street, Belmont), April 26, 1708, died March 10, 1768. He was a farmer and a prominent man. He was precinct committeeman in 1750-51; precinct assessor in 1746-50-51. He married Rebecca Cutter, February 10, 1731, who was born 1712, died February 1, 1797, daughter of John and Lydia (Harrington) Cutter, of Cambridge. She was admitted to the church (now Arlington Unitarian), September 9, 1739. She married (second), December II, 1770, Captain Samuel Carter of Woburn. She is buried in the old cemetery at Arlington. Her gravestone says she was the mother of eleven children, grandmother of one hundred and three, great-grandmother of one hundred and fifty, and the fourth generation had one hundred and thirty-four. She was admitted to the Cambridge church before marriage, January II, 1730. Children : I. Sarah, born October 15, 1732, married, 1750, William Adams. 2. Abraham, born 1733, died Decem- ber, 1812; married (first) Susan Wellington ; married (second) Rebecca Wellington. 3.
Zachariah, born 1736, died March, 1812; mar- ried Ruth Robbins. 4. John, born January II, 1738, died January, 1798; married, August I, 1765, Dorcas Bowes. 5. Samuel, born April, 1741. 6. William, born October 8, 1743, men- tioned below. 7. Rebecca, born September 25, 1745, died February 2, 1820 ; married, January 24, 1765, John Cutler, 3d. 8. Lydia, born 1747. 9. Susannah, born March, 1750. 10. Mary, born June, 1752, died January, 1822; married, July 4, 1770, Stephen Hall. 11. Deborah, born July 18, 1756, married, October, 1781, Nehe- miah Cutter.
(V) William Hill, son of Zachariah Hill (4), was born in Cambridge (Belmont) Octo- ber 8, 1743, died June 13, 1815. He was a farmer and chairmaker. He married, Decem- ber 3, 1767, Mercy Perry, born January 17, 1748, died July 31, 1828, daughter of James and Lydia (Tufts) Perry, and a descendant of Digerie Priest who was one of the "Mayflow- er" Pilgrims, and who had a daughter, Mary Priest, who married Phineas Pratt, and their daughter, Mary Pratt, who was born about 1633, according to her gravestone, became the second wife of John Swan, the emigrant an- cestor of the Swan family. He and his wife
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were admitted to the precinct church, July 17, 1768.
Children : 1. Mercy, born October 29, 1768; died unmarried February 27, 1808. 2. William, born July, 1770, died July 8, 1820; married Nancy Bond. 3. James, born April 4, 1773, baptized April 11, 1773 ; married Anne Adams. 4. Benjamin, born August 12, 1775, died Sep- tember 23, 1845. 5. Anna, born October 13, 1777, died January 7, 1806. 6. Amos, born December 9, 1779, mentioned below. 7. Lydia, born March 14, 1782, married, March 24, 1805, Jonathan Teele. 8. Rebecca, born July 19, 1784, married, December 24, 1805, Walter Russell. 9. Samuel, born July 4, 1787, died unmarried August 3, 1815. 10. Sally, born November 23, 1789, died December 22, 1808.
(VI) Amos Hill, son of William Hill (5), was born at West Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 9, 1779, died at Belmont, Septem- ber 10, 1865. He was a farmer. He owned over a hundred acres in the east part of the present town of Belmont. He built a house and two large barns which later were destroy- ed by fire. He raised a large amount of fruit, making a specialty of peaches for the Boston market. He traded in cattle, dealing with the Brighton market. His son Amos was asso- ciated with him in that business. He was a man of large physique, of happy disposition, with a keen sense of humor; also a man of strong temperance principles. He attended the Unitarian church, and was a Whig in politics. He served in the War of 1812, being on duty in Boston harbor. He married, January 10, 1807, Rebecca H. Davis, born February 24, 1779, died February 6, 1863, daughter of Amos and Lucy (Weston) Davis, of West- ford, Massachusetts. Amos Davis was son of Thomas and Sarah (Jones) Davis. Thomas Davis was son of James and Ann (Smeadly) Davis. James Davis was son of Simon and Mary (Blood) Davis. Simon Davis was son of Dolor and Margery (Willard) Davis, the immigrant ancestor. Children of Amos and Rebecca H. Hill : 1. Amos, born September 12, 1809. 2. Henry Yiend, born February 5, 181I, mentioned below. 3. Timothy Davis, born April 8, 1813, died unmarried April 28, 1870. 4. Samuel, born September 29, 1814, died Oc- tober 5, 1818. 5. Francis, born October 5, 1816, married, November, 1846, Evelina Frost, of Belmont ; children : Anna Frances, Charles Herbert, Lena Frost. 6. Rebecca I., born November 12, 1818, died January 10, 1861; married, October 3, 1844, George Teele; chil- dren, George and Helen. 7. Lucy Ann, born February 25, 1821, died December 19, 1896;
married, June 16, 1845, Warren Heustis, of Putney, Vermont ; children : i. George Freder- ick Heustis, born June 18, 1847, died Septem- ber 18, 1851; ii. Lucy Melvina Heustis, born March 31, 1851, married, June 27, 1876, James W. Skillings, of Winchester, Massachusetts, and had Rhoda Skillings, born April 25, 1877, and Alice Skillings, born November 7, 1878; iii. Warren Howard Heustis, born December 20, 1858, married, April 21, 1881, Isabella Otis Lancaster, and had Lancaster Howard Heustis, born September 12, 1885; Warren Clifford Heustis, born December 14, 1892; Stanley Gordon Heustis, born August 4, 1895.
(VII) Henry Yiend Hill, son of Amos Hill (6), was born at West Cambridge, Massachu- setts, February 5, 1811, died at Belmont, May 19, 1886. At the death of his father he re- ceived his share of the estate and began mar- ket gardening. He was successful, raising all kinds of produce for the Boston market. He took Jonathan B. Heald as an equal partner, and they were associated for a time, when Mr. Heald went to Woburn. Mr. Hill then con- tinued in the business alone, until ten years before his death, when he let the property to Edward and Marcellus Hemmenway, who continued in his place. He later dealt exten- sively in stocks. He was a very successful gardener, running his farm on a paying basis, and his accounts were always correct to a cent. He was considered strictly honest in all his dealings. He was a man of medium height and complexion, retiring in manner ; generous, doing many deeds of charity. He was an at- tendant at the Unitarian church, later at the Baptist church. He was a Whig, later a Re- publican ; a man of strong temperance princi- ples. He trained when a young man in the early militia. He married, at Alexandria, New Hampshire, Sarah Emily Bailey, born Novem- ber 6, 1825, daughter of George and Sally (Bailey) Bailey. Children : I. George Bailey, born December 8, 1847, died August 8, 1849. 2. Emma Rosella (twin), born September 25, 1850, married, November 18, 1875, John Howard Richardson, of Belmont; children: i. Lillian Hill, born January 21, 1877; ii. Helen Manness, September 11, 1879 ; iii. Grace Hard- ing, July 22, 1882. 3. Ella Evalina (twin), born September 25, 1850, married, June 30, 1885, Henry H. Sturtevant, of Zanesville, Ohio. 4. Georgianna, born December 25, 1852, married, November 16, 1882, Henry F. Bowen, of Weston, Massachusetts. 5. An infant son died May 5, 1855. 6. Sarah Maria, born in 1856, died February 24, 1858. 7. Helen Augusta, born January 16, 1860, married Ar-
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thur Jeduthan Wellington, of Belmont; chil- dren : i. Charles Oliver, born October 1, 1886; ii. Henry Hill, May 6, 1890; iii. Emily, June 5, 1891 ; iv. Dorothy, April 14, 1893; v. Bar- bara, January 6, 1895; vi. Ruth, February 7, 1898. 8. Henrietta, born April 2, 1862, died June 16, 1879. Mrs. Sarah Emily (Bailey) Hill has at all times taken an active interest in all enterprises that tended toward the advance- ment of the church and moral good of the neighborhood. She was active in the building of the First Baptist Church of Arlington, and also in the building of the present new edifice, having been a member of the building commit- tee.
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(VII) Amos Hill, son of Amos HILL Hill (6), was born at West Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, September 12, 1809, and died January 4, 1883. He received seventeen acres as his share of the homestead after his father's death. He was an extensive cattle dealer, buying at the Brighton market and driving the cattle into New Hampshire and back in the fall, selling in the surround- ing country. He did market gardening and raised fruit; was also a large grower of hay. He was a man five feet eight inches tall, and weighed two hundred pounds. He was jov- ial and popular among his townsmen; was al- ways found on the side of right. He was a temperate man and attended the Arlington Baptist Church, being one of its trustees, and holding other offices. He was a Whig, later a Republican. He was selectman and on the school committee; also engineer of the fire department. He served in the Watertown militia. He married (first) Rosella Simonds. He married (second), May 12, 1853, Mrs. Margaret H. (Cheeney) Clark, of Waltham; she died August 19, 1899, aged seventy-nine years, seven months and twenty-two days; daughter of Ebenezer and Margaret Bailey Cheeney, of Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. Children: I. Amos Edwin, born March 26, 1854, mentioned below. 2. Minnie Alice, born 1855, died 1886. 3. Timothy Davis, born September 5, 1856, died February 17, 1859. 4. Clara A., born April 6, 1860, died December 10, 1902; married, May 20, 1879, Elbridge C. Ellis, of Cambridge. 5. Timothy Davis, born March 22, 1862, married, Octo- ber 31, 1883, Elizabeth B. Livermore, of Bel- mont, who died October 2, 1907.
(VIII) Amos Edwin Hill, son of Amos Hill (7), was born at Belmont, March 26, iv-3
1854. He received his education in the pub- lic schools, going three years to high school and then two winters to Union Business Col- lege in Boston. He then did market garden- ing with his father, continuing until his fath- er's death in 1883. In 1881 he and his broth- er, Timothy Davis Hill, formed a partnership as market gardeners under the firm name of Hill Brothers. After three years he bought out his brother's interest and conducted the business on the home place until 1894, when he rented the farm that came to him and his sister after his father's death, to E. P. Mars- ton, who conducted it four years. In. Janu- ary, 1894, he entered the employ of Swift & Company, as salesman and manager of the New York and Pennsylvania departments, re- maining four years, when he returned and took up market gardening again. In the spring of 1906 he sold the farm to the Henry Y. Hill heirs. Mr. Hill made a speciality of growing celery, and was also an extensive grower of violets in his greenhouse, which was one hundred and fifty by thirty feet. Since selling his farm he has been engaged in the meat and provision business on Leon- ard street, Belmont, where he enjoys a large local trade. He occupies a fine residence on Leonard street. He was formerly an attend- ant of the Baptist Church at Arlington, and now attends the Unitarian Church at Bel- mont. He is a Republican in politics, and has served as water commissioner one year. He was made a member of Belmont Lodge of Masons, February 10, 1876, and was worship- ful master in 1905-06. He was exalted in the Waltham Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, 1887. He was a member of the Boston Mar- ket Gardeners' Association, trustee of the Belmont Savings Bank from its start until 1894.
He married (first), November 10, 1874, Alice Martha Hemmenway, born July 29, 1855, died February 20, 1886, daughter of Cyrus T. and Caroline Hemmenway, of Maine. He married (second), October 28, 1891, Mattie Mabel Kyle, born August 24, 1864, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Dean) Kyle, of Roxbury, Massachusetts. They have one child, Edwin Davis, born July 9, 1895.
(For early generations see. preceding sketches).
(VI) James Hill, son of William
HILL Hill (5), was born at West Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, April 4, 1773, and was baptized April II, 1773. He married, October TI, 1796, Anne
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Adams, born April 1, 1775, daughter of Jo- seph and Hannah (Hall) Adams. They were admitted to the precinct church October 14, 1798. Joseph Adams was admitted to the Cambridge Church, December 3, 1738, and to the precinct church at West Cambridge, September 9, 1739. Joseph Adams married (first) Martha Frost, daughter of Ephraim Frost, January 10, 1740. She died December 23, 1749, aged twenty-eight. (See Frost sketch). He married (second) September II, 1750, Hannah Hall, daughter of Thomas Hall. Mr. Adams was chosen deacon of the precinct church December 5, 1759, and on the day of the battle of Lexington the vessels, linen and cash belonging to the church were taken from his home in West Cambridge or Menotomy by the King's troops. The ex- perience of his wife on that eventful day was mentioned by President Langdon of Har- vard College in his election sermon, May 31, 1775, at Watertown "as that of a woman in bed with a new born infant (Anne Adams) forced by the threats of the soldiery to escape almost naked to an open out-house (a corn- crib) her home then set on fire." The follow- ing extract is from the appendix to a sermon preached at West Cambridge, February 8, 1852, on the Sabbath following the death of James Hill, by Rev. James F. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church. "Among the articles (taken by the British from the house of Deacon Adams) was a silver tankard presented to the church in 1769 by Jonathan Butterfield. When the British soldiers were returning from Lexington a detachment en- tered the house of Mr. Adams (which is now owned by Mr. Artemas Locke) and began the work of plunder and destruction. Mr. Adams being connected with some secret committee and fearing for his life, secreted himself in a barn now owned by Miss Bradshaw. Mrs. Hill (Anne Adams) was then an infant in her mother's arms. The lives of the mother and daughter were spared through the interposi- tion of an English officer, but they were or- dered from the house and accordingly fled and concealed themselves in the barn. Several of the children were under the bed. Parlors were probably not as common then as now, and beds were made up on the lower floor of the house. In this snug retreat the children were suffered to remain and watch the movements of the household foes. As the soldiery were about to take possession of the communion service, Joel Adams, then a lad of about nine years old, knowing how sacred these things were to his father, could restrain himself no
longer and thrusting his head from beneath the quilt with a burst of indignation told them: 'Not to touch them things or Daddy would lick them.' The name of our spirited hero is worthy of being remembered. He grew up to be a man and no doubt acted well his part but we follow him no farther than to say that he died at New Salem at the age of seventy-six. Tradition tells us that the tank- ard was taken and pawned to a silversmith in Boston, by the name of Austin. After the British evacuated Boston, however, it was re- deemed and is now in the hands of. the church." The deeds of the place were taken and were afterward found on board an Eng- lish vessel that was captured by an American ship-of-war commanded by. Captain (after- wards Commodore) Tucker. Before the sol- diers left the house of Deacon Adams they set fire to it, but one of the older children ex- tinguished the blaze with some beer that had just been brewed and water brought from the tank at the side of the house.
James Hill joined the church under Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, October 14, 1798. He died February 2, 1852, having been a communi- cant for nearly fifty years and interested all his life in the work and welfare of the church. For the space of thirty years he sang in the choir. We are told that he was gentlemanly in deportment, kind and conciliatory in spirit, industrious and temperate in habits, and walked ever in the fear and love of God. He had a certain dignity and politeness of man- ner that would attract even a stranger to him, for he possessed all the inherent quali- ties and many of the external graces of a gen- tleman. He was indeed a fine type of the old school of politeness. His integrity was founded upon a Christian character and ex- perience. Though impulsive, he never lacked self-restraint. His feelings were tender; his charity comprehensive. He was prominent in town affairs and was on the school com- mittee from 1823 to 1826. His vocation was farming.
He married, October II, 1796, Ann Adams, born April, 1775, and died December 3, 1855, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Hannah (Hall) Adams, of West Cambridge. Lineage, Deacon Joseph Adams (4), Lieutenant Jo- seph (3), Joseph (2), John (I). Children: I. Anna, baptized February 24, 1799, died April 16, 1813. 2. Sophia, baptized November 9, 1800, died January II, 1801. 3. Hannah, bap- tized March 7, 1802, married, May 5, 1831, Thomas Hall, of West Cambridge, and had a daughter, Ann Louisa Hall, died young. 4.
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Eliza, baptized January 15, 1804, married, August 25, 1825, Elijah Allen, of Medford; children: James and Edward Allen. 5. James, baptized October 6, 1805, married Harriet Davis, of Boston; children: James Frederick, Harriet, Charles Edward, Richard. 6. Lucy, born November 15, 1807, married, September 20, 1832, George S. Adams, of Charlestown; children: George Franklin, Al- fred A., Edward E., Emily Preston. 7. Jo- seph, born December 4, 1809, mentioned be- low. 8. Sally, baptized September 20, 1812, died July 7, 1828. 9. Mary Ann, born May 9, 1815, mentioned below. 10. Louisa So- phia, born August 28, 1818, mentioned below.
(VII) Joseph Hill, son of James Hill (6), was born at West Cambridge (now Belmont), Massachusetts, December 4, 1809, and died May 25, 1860. He attended the winter terms of the old district school near his father's homestead, and he remained on the farm with his father, finally taking charge of it and be- coming the most successful market gardener in that section. He astonished all his neigh- bors by his enterprise. In 1835 he sold $3,600 worth of produce in thirty-six days, whereas the most any of them had sold from their farms before that had been a thousand dollars worth in a year. He became an extensive buy- er of apples and poultry in New York and Massachusetts, shipping to the Boston market. He was the first to ship dressed poultry from New York state to the Boston market. His headquarters were at 107-109 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, where he sold his apples, poul- try and produce during his whole active career. He continued market gardening, raising all the early vegetables and celery. He was one of the pioneers in the ice cutting business and had at one time two ice houses on the shores of Spy Pond. He was upright, energetic and genial, always interested in public affairs. He was a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the school committee in 1840-42-49-54, also at the time the first school report was pub- lished in 1845. He was one of the prime mov- ers in securing the incorporation of Belmont as a separate town, and was a member of the first board of selectmen (1859). He took an active part in organizing the First Congrega- tional (Unitarian) Society of Belmont and was one of the original pew holders. He mar- ried, at Rindge, New Hampshire, October 12, 1836, Abigail Brigham, born May 22, 1807, died March 15, 1894, daughter of Willard Brigham, born June 18, 1775, died February 7, 1843, and Abigail (Munroe) Brigham, of Marlborough, Massachusetts. Her father was
the sixth generation from Thomas Brigham of Watertown. He was a farmer and captain of the state militia. Her mother was the fourth great-granddaughter of Mary Chilton, the first woman to land on Plymouth Rock. Children : I. Abby Ann. 2. Joseph Willard, born Au- gust 4, 1840, mentioned below. 3. Harriet Ann, born June 21, 1843. 4. James Munroe, born January 28, 1850, died February 23, 1863. 5. Anna Adams.
(VII) Mary Ann Hill, daughter of James Hill (6), was born May 9, 1815, baptized May 14, 1815. She married, November 3, 1836, Jonathan Varnum Fletcher, of Westford, Massachusetts. Children: I. Frances Ann, born July 23, 1837, married, November 3, 1856, James Munroe Hale, who was born at Sharon, Maine, January 12, 1827, and died August 10, 1872; children: i. George Varnum Hale, born May 2, 1858, married, January I, 1886, Lucie Bretherton and had Carrie Fran- ces Hale, born May 27, 1889; ii. Nellie Frances Hale, born September 16, 1861, mar- ried, January 24, 1883, Ansel Winnek, of Belmont, and had Marion Frances Winnek, born October 3, 1883; iii. Carrie Fletcher Hale, born January 14, 1864, died August 8, 1883; married Clinton Hale, of Chicago. 2. George Varnum, born July 17, 1842, mar- ried, October 22, 1868, Frances Lucretia Marsh, of Belmont, who was born July 19, 1845, and died June 5, 1895. 3. Joseph Henry, born September 26, 1844, married, September 17, 1874, Nellie Emeline Wood- bridge, born March 15, 1848; children: i. Henry Francis Fletcher, born October 4, 1875, died October II, 1875; ii. Anna Mun- roe Fletcher, born January 12, 1877, married January 12, 1898, John Cameron Abbott, of Westford, Massachusetts, and had John Fletcher Abbott, born November 29, 1898, and Robert Fletcher Abbott, born March 28, 1904; iii. Ida Woodbridge Fletcher, born April 11, 1879; iv. Frank Varnum Fletcher, born January 30, 1881, died February 4, 1881; v. Henry Varnum Fletcher, born May 2, 1884, died July 7, 1889; vi. Arthur War- ren Fletcher, born March 15, 1887. 4. Ella Amelia, born June 17, 1848, married Herbert Appleton Clark, and their children: Henry Hunt Clark, Robert Browning Clark, married Frances Southgate and had one son; Clara Sherman Clark. 5. Ida Florence, born Au- gust 19, 1850, married Arthur Frederick Estabrook, had one son who died young.
(VII) Louisa Sophia Hill, daughter of James Hill (6), was born August 28, 1818, baptized April 15, 1821, and died April 28,
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1861. She married, October 26, 1843, James Adams Estabrook, of West Cambridge, who died November 12, 1866. Children: I. Theo- dore Augustus, born April 14, 1845, married, April 9, 1872, Elizabeth Brown Clark, of West Newton, Massachusetts; children: i. Charles Theodore Estabrook, born February 16, 1875; ii. Clarence Ware Estabrook, born June 19, 1878; iii. George Clark Estabrook, born September 6, 1881; iv. Louise Esta- brook, born August 3, 1884. 2. Arthur Frederick, born May 17, 1847, married, Octo- ber 8, 1874, Ida Florence Fletcher his cousin, of Belmont, daughter of J. Varnum Fletcher.
(VIII) Joseph Willard Hill, son of Joseph Hill (7), was born at West Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, August 4, 1840. He received his education in the common schools of his native town and at Cotting Academy at Arlington, then West Cambridge. He worked on the farm in his youth, and at the age of twenty, after his father's death, conducted the home- stead and the market gardening business. In 1872 he purchased the interests of Joshua Bragden in the lease of stalls Nos. 93 and 95 in Faneuil Hall market and basement No. 17 south side of the market. He formed a co- partnership with Lewis C. Ricker, a former member of the firm of Winn, Ricker & Co., the business being continued under the old firm name. In 1873 Mr. Ricker disposed of his share in the firm to Charles C. Balch, who in 1885 retired and William Craig purchased his interest in the firm, and the present firm of Winn, Ricker & Co. is composed of Mr. Hill and Mr. Craig. The firm does a commission business in fruit and produce, making a specialty of lettuce and cucumbers.
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