Chap. V. O N T H E W E A T H E R. 479 



Leguminous Plants. 



There was great plenty of garden beans this year : but the crop of 

 peas, lentils,, and kidney-beans, was but middling. 



Pot-Herbs. 

 Turneps of all kinds abounded. Some, of which I had the {ctd' 

 from Scotland, were 29 inches in circumference. Cabbages were 

 very plenty, but their hearts were fmall. The beet-roots, carrots, 

 and fcorzoneras which we cultivated with the horfe-hoe, grew to a 

 furprizing bignefs; far beyond any in the beft kitchen gardens. 

 Artichoaks yielded plenty of fine heads in the fpring, and again in 

 autumn, fo that we had them till December. 



Hay. 



As the fainfoin bloflbmed in the dry feafons, it remained flinted : 

 but its q^uality was very good. 



The meadows in general yielded but little hay; and even. that,, 

 being wet in moft places after it was cut down, was fcarcely good: 

 for any thing. Our meadows, which are extremely well cultivated,. 

 were as well covered rx5 in the beft of years; and as we got our hay 

 in dry, its quality was very good. 



Hemp. 

 Hemp did' not grow high this year; h»t,. that excepted,, it 

 was very good. What was fown in grounds bordering upon water, 

 fucceeded much better than any other. 



Wine. ■ 

 The vines tliat were nipped by the frofts in the fpring, yielded but 

 little wine, and that fharp and flat. Other vines yielded the value of 

 a good half year. The grapes fermented as foon as they were put 

 into the tub, and as the froth fubfided very quickly after,, the wines 

 ■were made in a few days. Moft of thefe wines have colour enough;, 

 bat, in general, thcj old wines deferve the preference. 



Fruit. 

 The caterpillars having devoured dl the verdure of the , apple, , 

 p^jUj aod pium tictJes, we had noae of thafe fruits this year. Om oak 



trees 



