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Sent a basket of Grapes, & Cadillac pears to Lady 

 Stuart. 



6. Gather'd in a moderate quantity of all the keeping 

 apples : they are well-coloured, but small, being vastly 

 thick on the trees. 



The Grapes are now delicate, both white & red. 

 Fine, serene, summer-like weather : except now and 

 then a small shower : the dry season has lasted seven 

 weeks to-day. 



7. Beautiful clear weather. 



20. Fine soft weather intermixed with some gentle 

 showers. This delicate weather makes most curious 

 Grapes. The farmers put their wheat into the ground in 

 fine order. 



23. Dry sunny weather with an high barometer. 

 Earth'd-up the Celeri for the last time : made use of 

 some, which was well-blanched, & well-grown. 



Ocf- 24. Bright, cold weather. Grapes in the greatest 

 perfection. 



26. Planted 100 of Cabbages to stand the winter. 

 Planted my Coss-lettuces, some very large, some very 

 small, against the fruit-wall to stand the winter. The 

 farmers carried out their dung from the melon-bed in a 

 fine dry season. The weather very dry & cold. Gather'd 

 6 medlars, the first fruit that ever the tree produced. 



28. Very bright, cold, sharp weather with consider- 

 able Ice. Gather'd in a considerable part of the grapes, 

 which are very curious. The dry fit has lasted ten weeks 

 to day. 



Noif- i. Planted out some stocks from Mr. Budds & a 

 few from Ringmer. Dry still weather ; but thick Ice in 

 the morning. The ground is dry like summer. The 

 ponds, & wells are exceeding low : many wells are quite 

 dry. 



Nov r - 5 : 6. Put the tulips, taken-up in Summer, into 

 the ground ; & made a nursery of the best offsets. Dug 

 up the Polyanth-Narcissus, & Daffodils, that had stood two 

 years, & transplanted them : they were greatly encreased. 



