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...wanted it fenced, cleared and planted. When the doctor's son later arrived to take over, Peters bought a nearby 200-acre tract for himself. Finding that wheat and other northern crops did poorly in the region's hot, dry climate, he made a trip to Tezonapa, 75 miles away, and brought back pineapple plants of the Cayenne variety. They did well. Peters brought in more plants, and by 1910 he was harvesting 20,000 pineapples a year. Prospering, he bought more & more land until he owned 7,400 acres...
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