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1402, Severe frosts in May. 



1403, to 1406, unknown. 



1407, A rigorous winter. 



1408, The most rigorous winter in the memory of man. In Germany 



the forest trees were burst by frost. 



1409, and 1401, unknown. 



1411, Grapes plenty, wine middling. 



1412, Wine good. 



1413, Wine good. 



1414, Great abundance of wine and spirits. 



1415, and 1416, unknown. 



1417, Wine sour. 



1418, Wine sour. 



1419, Wine sour. 



1420, Wine and grain sufficient, winter mild ; trees budded in March, 



the vine flowered in April ; the vintage occurred about 

 Pentecost, about the last of May, and the autumn began 

 about the end of August. 



1421, Success in wine, fruits and grain, the fine markets of this year 



became for a long time proverbial. 



1422, Satisfactory year. 



1425, Very good wine but little of it, the vines suffered from cold. 

 1124, and 1426, Abundant crops, the last year winter mild, trees 

 showed their buds in December. 



1427, Grapes plently — wines bad. 



1428, Good wines. 



1429, Sour wines, little grain, severe winter; cold spring, wet summer 



vines froze. 



1430, Wines and grain destroyed by frost; wine and fruits sour and dear. 



1431, Wine sufficiently abundant. 



1432, Wine and fruits excellent and abundant. 



1433, The vines frozen on the 18th January ; summer very rainy ; 



wine scarce ; grain sufficient. 



1434, Wine middling, heavy frost 12th of May. 



1435, Wine excellent, middling crops of grain. 



1436, No wine. 



