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sections, in the way described previously, and the dates 

 given in the table below are the days each flush was finished 

 (that is, the picking was finished) during the seasons 1869 

 and 1870 ; 1869 being carried up to the end of the season, 

 1870 up to the date I wrote the first edition of this Essay. 



In the table it will be observed there is a great difference 

 between the two years. The section for which the dates 

 are given was planted from seed beds in the month of 

 June, 1866. In 1869 it was therefore only three years old. 

 This will partly account for the first flush occurring a month 

 earlier in 1870, as it was then a year older; but fortunate 

 early rains in 1870 had also much to do with it. 



In 1869 there was no flush between March 22nd and 

 May 6th, a period of 44 days ; and in 1870, none between 



