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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 bet ween February 

 22nd and March 3Oth, a period of 35 days, a very long time 



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