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moderate number ; not more than appear in common Years. 

 Gather'd some nonpareils & golden-rennets, which are very 

 fair, & ready to be laid up, being a fortnight at least earlier 

 than common. 



Cut a decent second-crop-succade. 



Walnuts & apples are innumerable this year ; but there 

 are no small-nuts. 



20. Tyed-up a large parcel of endives : they are but 

 small this year. 



21. Cut a succade. 



23 : 24. Exceeding heavy rains with tempestuous winds, 

 which blowed down an abundance of apples. 



Gather'd-in the Cadillac-pears : near one third were 

 blown-down. 



Cut-up a very good-flavoured Succade. 



Octob : 5. Trimm'd & tack'd the wall fruit trees for the 

 winter. They are all alive, & healthy. 



Planted-out some Coss-lettuce to stand the winter under 

 the fruit-wall. 



13. Grapes very curious. The wasps begin to be very 

 troublesome, so that we caught 200 of a day. Eat two 

 very good Succades within these few days. Dry weather, 

 with white frosts. 



15. Supply'd the row of Hyacinths on the fruit-border 

 with several double blue, & a few very double flat-blowing 

 flowers. 



Very dry seasonable weather. 



16. Dug-up the Crown-imperials on the bank, & took- 

 out a large basket full of roots, & planted only two roots in 

 each bason. 



Grapes very curious. 



17. First very great white frost. 



23 : 24 : 25. Vast floods. Vast damage in many parts. 



26. Plenty of Grapes, & very curious. 



29. A flight of snow for a few hours. 



Nov : i. Grapes very fine. 



3. Gathered the last Grapes, which were above thirty 

 curious bunches, from the vine over y e Entry door. 



