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The frames were uncovered at 8 o'clock in the 

 morning, and covered up in the evening with about 

 three inches thick of hay and mats. Plenty of air 

 was admitted in the day-time, and a little left all 

 night. I went over the plants in the forenoon, and 

 flopped them, thinned their leaves, and fet the fruit 

 in blolTom. 



Friday, February 22, 1793. 



Hours. S.Th. P.Th. Ther. Wind. 



6 — — 25 S.V/. Clear, and nearly calm. 



The frames were uncovered about 8 o'clock In the 

 morning, and covered up in the evening with about 

 three inches thick of hay and mats. The plants 

 were gone over and flopped, their leaves thinned, 

 and the fruit in bloffom fet. At noon I watered all 

 round the fides of the hills next to the flues, and then 



I laid 



