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All the annuals are come to a good size. 



13. Tyed-up 20 more Endives. 



Gather'd two bunches of Grapes, which were perfectly 

 sweet & ripe. Very sunny weather still. 



26. The Succado-melons now come apace. 



Vast rains, thunder, & lightening for 8 or 10 days ; & a 

 likelihood of great floods. 



Grapes in great plenty, & perfection. 



29. Cut a brace of Succado melons. 



Gathered the Cadilliac pears, about half a bushel : three 

 parts in four were blown down. Vast rains, and storms. 



Octob r - i. Used the first Celeri. 



2. Cut the last Succados, & a good-looking Cantaleupe. 

 Continual rains ; & frequent thunder still. The labourers 

 work at the Haha when the weather permits. 



Octob r - 14. Continual wet weather for a month : so 

 that the fallows are full of water, & no corn can be 

 sown. 



15. Transplanted six Geraniums into six penny-pots to 

 stand the winter. 



The new part of the Garden quite cleared from trees, 

 & stools of trees. 



Grapes in plenty, & perfection. 



18. Turned-out seven pots of Pyram : Campanulas into 

 a mellow, sandy Border. 



22. Transplanted a White-Muscadine vine of M r - Budd's 

 sort into the border under y e Dining-room window. John 

 annointed it with D r - Hill's mummy, & planted it a Cutting 

 last March ; & now it was a strong plant, & had a quantity 

 of long fibres. 



In the summer it made a shoot of about four feet, & 

 was now headed down to 4 or 5 buds. 



No frosts yet. 



24. Put the whites of 8 eggs, shells & all, with a little 

 sand, to 3 quart rs - of an hogshead of raisin-wine, which 

 would not draw fine. 



Put Quart of Brandy. 



Grapes continue very good. 



