96 Effects of Season, fcfc. 



of course destroyed by the frost in autumn before they 

 couid arrive at perfection, some of the apples I tasted my- 

 self, and they had ill the qualities of a common green 

 apple. This circumstance i never saw before. The 

 same gentleman likewise told me that neither the weevil, 

 the fly, nor rust (or rather blast) have injured wheat with- 

 in his knowledge in 1816. Whereas it had not fail- 

 ed injuring more or less since his residence in Ken- 

 tucky ; owing as I conjecture, to the coolness of the 

 spring and summer. This accords with reason, for in 

 colder clim ites the wheat produces more, and clearer of 

 blast or weevil than it does in this country. 



This is only a short sketch which perhaps will not 

 be very entertaining, but in a xtw weeks I shall have more 

 leisure from the throng of business, when I shall strive 

 to gain such information concerning Agriculture as our 

 country will afford, which shall be duly sent on. 



T. Semple, 

 S. W. Conrad. 

 January 20th, 1817. 





