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led to this practice, I find it necessary to 

 give some account of it. 



First of all, then, I was led to it by a say- 

 ing I had frequently heard, " that May 

 mists were injurious to the fruij^' As I 

 never either admit or reject a common 

 opinion without evidence, I set about satis- 

 fying myself by observation, when I found 

 it in some measure just. The next thing 

 that occurred to me was, in what manner it 

 became injurious. 



Upon examining the blossom, I found a 

 small worm in almost every one, which had 

 not shed off, as in dry windy weather, but 

 had curled together, and formed a nidus 

 for the vermin ; not but the vermin settling 

 in the blossom will produce this effect, but 



