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71 Vegetable Statkks'. 



« Towards the end of y^r/7, many of the 

 " hop-vines were infeftcd with the Fli cs . 

 " About the 20th of May there was a 

 " very unequal crop , fomc Vines being 

 « run feven feet, others not above three or 

 " four feet jibme juft tied to the poles, and 

 " fomc not vifiblc : And this difpropor- 

 " tionate inequality in their fize conti- 

 ** nued thro' the whole time of their growth. 

 The Flies now appeared upon the leaves 

 " of the forwarded Vines, but not in fitch 

 " numbers here, as they did in molt other 

 " places. About the middle of June, the 

 " Fiies increafed , yet not fo as to endan. 

 ger the crop ; but in diftant planta- 

 tions they were exceedingly multiplied, 

 " fo as to fwarm towards the end of the 

 < c month. June 27th fomc fpecks often 

 appeared : From this day, to the 9th of 

 July, was very fine dry weather. At this 

 time, when it was faid that the hops in 

 moft other pasts of the Kingdom look- 

 " ed black and fickty, and fecmed paft re- 

 covery, ours held it out pretty well, in 

 the opinion of the moft skilful Planters. 

 The great leaves were indeed difcolour- 

 cd and a little withered, and the fen was 



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