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tree, 1 on a Stock in the middle of the border of the last square, 

 and just above the 2d. fall (Note, this Graft is on the Northernmost 

 fork) of Do.; on the Westernmost one is a Bullock Heart, and on the 

 Easternmost one is a May Cherry out of the Cherry Walk. 1 other on a 

 Stock just above the 2d. Gate. Note this is on the Northernmost prong; 

 the other Graft on the said stock is of the May Cherry in the Cherry 

 Walk. 



15. Grafted 6 Early May duke Cherrys on the Nursery, begin 'g at that 

 end of the first Row next to the Lane — the Row next the Quarter is 

 meant; at the end of this a Stake drove in. 



15. Also Grafted joining to these in the same Row 6 of the latter 

 May dukes — which are all the Cherrys in the Row. Also Grafted 7 

 Bullock Heart Cherrys in the last Row. 



30. Grafted 48 Pears which stand as follows, viz. in the 3d Rov/ beg- 

 ing. at the end next the Cherry Walk are 12 Spanish Pears; next to 

 these are 8 Early June Pears; then 10 latter Bergamy; then 8 Black 

 Pear of Worcester; and lastly 10 Early Bergamy. Note, all these Pears 

 came from Colo. Mason's: and between each sort a Stick is drove down. 

 The Rows are counted from the end of the Quarter. 



30. This day also I grafted 39 New Town Pippins, which compleat the 

 5th Row and which Row are all of this kind of Fruit now. 



30. The 6th Row is compleated with Grafts of the Maryland Red Strick, 

 which are all of this sort of Fruit, and contains [ ] trees; so 

 is the 8th Row of this Apple, also 54 in number and 20 in the 9th 

 Row beginning next the Cherry Walk. 



30 The 7th. Row has 25 Graffs of the Gloster white Apple which 

 compleats this Row with that sort of Fruit. - J. C. Fitzpatrick, ed. . The 

 Diarie s of George Washington, 174 8-1799 . 1:209-211 (Boston and New York, Houghton 

 Mifflin Co.. 1925) . 



Washington was one of the pioneers in the use of improved agri- 

 cultural machinery. The following entry from his Diary for 

 April 1786 tells something of his experiences with 

 various grain drills and is also notable for 

 its description of seeding as practiced 

 in the late eighteenth century. 



Saturday, 8th. Rid a little after Sun rise to Muddy [hole], to try 

 my drill plow a^ain which, with the alteration of the harrow yester- 



