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The minuteness of Washington's observations on his 



grain crops is indicated by the following 



entry in his Diary for May 1760. 



Thursday , 1st. Got over early in the Morning and reachd home before 

 Dinner time, and upon inquiry found that my Clover Field was finishd 

 sowing and Rolling the Saturday I left home — as was sowing of my 

 Lucerne: and that on the [ ] they began sowing the last field of 



Oats and finishd it the 25th. 



That in box No. 6, two grains of wheat appeard on the 20th, one 

 an Inch high; on the 22d a grain of Wheat in No 7 and 9 appeard; on 

 the 23 after a good deal of Rain the Night before some Stalks appeard 

 in Nos. 2. 3. 4. 5. and 6, but the Ground was so hard bakd by the 

 drying winds when I came home that it was difficult to say which Nos. 

 lookd most thriving. However in 



No. 1 there was nothing come up; 



The two Grains in No. 8 were I think rather the strongest, but upon 

 the whole Vo . 9 was the best. -J. C. Fitzpatrlck, ed.. The D iar ies of Geo rge 

 WashinRton . 1748-1799. 1:158 (Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925). 



Washington's careful attention to his orchard is recorded 

 in the following entry in his Diary for March 1765. 



5th. Grafted 15 English Mulberrys on wild Mulberry Stocks on the side 

 of the Hill near the Spring Path. Note, the Stocks were very Milkey. 

 6th. Grafted 10 Carnation Cherrys on growing Stocks in the Garden — 

 viz. 5 of them in and about the Mint Bed, 3 under the Marella Cherry 



