Chap. I. CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. 3rl 



this morning, which did not, however, af- 

 fect the late sown Kidney Beans, which 

 are as tender as the cucumber plant. 

 Oct. 3. Cloudy and warm. 



4. Very fine and warm. 70 degrees in 

 shade. The apples are very fine. We 

 are now cutting them and quinces to dry 

 for winter use. My neighbours give me 

 quinces. We are also cutting up and 

 drying peaches. 



3. Very fine and warm. Dwarf Kidney 

 Beans very fine. 



G. Very fine and warm. Cutting Buckwheat. 



7. Very fine and warm. 65 degrees in shade 

 at 7 o'clock this morning. — Windy in the 

 afternoon. The wind is knocking down 

 the fall-pippins for us. One picked up to- 

 day weighed 12 1-4 ounces avoirdupois 

 weight. The average weight is about 9 

 ounces, or, perhaps, 10 ounces. This is 

 the finest of all apples. Hardly any core. 

 Some none at all. The richness of the 

 pine-apple without the roughness. If the 

 King could have seen one of these in a 

 dumpling ! This is not the Newtown pippin, 

 which is sent to England in sucli quanti- 

 ties. That is a winter apple. Very fine 

 at Christmas ; but fiir inferior to this fall 

 pippin, taking them both in their state of 

 perfection. It is useless to send the trees 

 to England, unless the heat of the sun and 

 the rains and dews could be sent along 

 with the trees. 



8. Very fine. 68 in shade. 



9. Same weather. 



10. Same weather. 59 degrees in shade. A 

 little white frost this morning. It just 

 touched the tips of the Kidney Bean 

 leaves ; but, not those of the cucumbers 

 or melons, which are near fences. 



