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The grapes on Mrs. Snooke's black cluster- vine just 

 begin to turn : those on the house are small, & backward. 



The vine Murdoch Middleton sent for Warner's black 

 Hambro', seems, as it approaches towards ripening, to be 

 some ordinary sort of white Grape. 1 The barometer is very 

 high. 



25. Beautiful weather still ; but the Glass falls. The 

 Canteleupe, tho' it had but little smell, was very fine. 



Put a bottle more of brandy to the raisin-wine, which 

 works much. 2 



Made & housed the second cutting of the shrubbery, 

 & orchard in fine order, without a drop of rain. Housed 

 two of the melon-frames, and put a few fruit under the 

 hand-glasses. Tyed-up the second Crop of Endive : they 

 are very large. 



26. Cut a brace of very fine-flavoured Cantaleupes, 

 the last of the season : they were not large. Housed the 

 last frame. The wasps were got to be very troublesome 

 at the melon-bed, knawing great holes in y e fruit. Set 

 bottles of treacle, & beer. 



27. Very hot, summer-like weather : the glass after sink- 

 ing a day or two, is now going up again. M 1 *- Snooke's 

 black Clusters change Colour apace ; & the white sorts 

 begin to grow transparent. The wood of the vines ripens 

 apace. The wood of the peaches & Nectarines ripens 

 well, & begins to shew it's blowing budds surrounded with 

 three leaves. 



There are two braces of pretty good Succades under 

 the hand-glasses. 



29. Sowed some more Coss-lettuce : those among the 

 spinage, as well as the spinage, come-up but poorly. The 

 grapes against the yard just begin to turn. A soft rain 

 after ten hot, dry days. 



Aug. 31. Very hot sunny weather. Cut the first-tyed 

 endives, they are delicately blanched. 



The barometer is now very high. 



1 Again some negligence on Middleton's part ! [R. B. S.] 



2 See note on p. 358. [R. B. S.] 



