or rough j ancF -Mien fully ripe, appear 

 mottled with yellowifh fpots on the raifed 

 parts, whilft the cavities retain their ufual 

 green colour. They are, at this time, alfo 

 thicker than they have before been, and are 

 covered with a kind of downy velvet, in 

 the fame manner as the ftalks are defcribed 

 to be, in the preceding chapter. 



If heavy rains happen at this critical pe- 

 riod, they will wafh this excrefcent fubftance 

 off, and thereby damage the plants. In 

 this cafe, if the frofty nights are not begun, 

 it is proper to let them ftand a few davs 

 longer -, when, if the weather be more mo- 

 derate, they will recover this fubftance 

 again. But if a froft unexpectedly happens 

 during the night, they muft be carefully 

 examined in the morning before the fun has 

 any influence on them ; and thofe which are 

 found to be covered with frofty particles, 

 whether thoroughly ripe or not, muft be 

 cut up : for though they may not all appear 

 to be arrived at a ftate of maturity, yet they 



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