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of Augiift, in the Southern parts of England \ 

 very few Melons or Cucumbers, and thofe 

 not ^ood. The tender lixoticks fared but ill; 

 fcarce any Grapes, thofe fmall, and of very 

 unequal fizes, on the fame bunch, not ripe; 

 Apples and Pears green andinfipid; no fruit 

 nor produces of the ground good, but crude : 

 Pretty good plenty of Wheat tho' coarfe, 

 and longftraw; Barley coarfe, but plenty of 

 it in the uplands. Beans and Peafe, mod 

 flourifhing and plentiful ; few Wafps or o- 

 thcr infc&s, except Flies on hops. Hops 

 were very bad thro' the whole Kingdom. 

 Mr. Auftin of Canterbury fent me the fol- 

 lowing particular account, how it far'd 

 with them there; where they had more than 

 at Farnham, and moft other places, vi, 

 " At mid-April not half the moots ap- 

 peared above ground ,• fo that the plan- 

 ters knew not how to pole them to the 

 bed advantage. This defed of the moot, 

 upon opening the hills, was found to be 

 owing to the multitude and variety of 

 vermin that lay preying upon the root ; 

 the increafe of which was imputed to 

 the long and a 1 moft uninterrupted fcrics 

 of dry weather, for three months paft • 



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