Travelers cannot forego a visit to The Orchard House, the home of writer Louisa May Alcott.

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The latter property includes a grass tennis court, formal gardens that a former horticulturalist of the New York Botanical Gardens maintains, a carriage house, two greenhouses, a 75-foot-long heated pool with a hot tub, a pool house and an apple orchard.

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And then there was a white house with a green garden and an orchard beyond, and mother said, 'Here we are!'

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They approved plans that include a mix of houses, a primary school, shops, employment sites and a community orchard, which will be built in phases over the next 10 to 12 years, Mr House said.

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Mr Orchard and his wife, Laura, said they would use the money to buy new cars and a house, as well as saving some for their two children.

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