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Updated: May 23, 2025

Now I go by the seed catalogue, planting, not after the dish, as if my only vision were a garden peeled and in the pot, but after the Bush., Peck, Qt., Pt., Lb., Oz., Pkg., so many pounds to the acre, instead of so many seeds to the meal.

Dallas Lore Sharp - The Hills of Hingham

This was the document: 1 Dozen eggs. 20 Yards fishing-line. 1 pkg. Needles anything to sew a button on. 1 doz. A B C bass hooks. 3 lbs. Meat anything so it isn't fish. 1 bot. Ink for fountain pen. 3 Tins sardines. 1 Extractor. Well, I could not make anything of it; but, of course, I have not Tish's mind. Aggie was almost as bad. "What's an extractor?" she asked. "Exactly!" said Tish.

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Tish