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1562j Little wine, but good. On the 3cl of August the heavy frost 



destroyed all the gi'ain. 

 1563j Sour grapes, want of grain ; wet summer, very cold winter. 



1564, Wine failed ; winter very cold and of long duration. 



1565, Little wine and bad ; the winter long, vines frozen. 



1566, Plenty of grapes, wine bad, wet summer, grain did very well. 



1567, Very hot summer, wine plenty and good. 



1568, Grapes failed, spring cold, only a middling crop of grain. 



1569, Little wine and bad; winter very rigorous. Heavy white frosts 



in spring and autumn. 



1570, Grapes did not ripen ; a wet and sterile year. 

 1571 J do and a rigorous winter. 



1572, Little wine, but remarkable in quality. Hea^'y frosts in May 



and April, and a hot summer. 



1573, Little wine and bad; frost in spring, summer hot enough. 



1574, Few grapes, wine middling. 



1575, Grapes plenty, wine very good; spring cold, summer favorable. 



1576, Few grapes, but very good wine. 



1577, Little wine and sour; the flowering suffered from great rains. 



1578, Not much wine, but very good. 



1579, Grapes plenty, wine bad ; spring beautiful, heavy rains in Au- 



gust and in September. 



1580, Grapes did not succeed, a wet year, but grain did well. 



1581, Little wine and bad, a mild winter and a humid summer. 



1582, Grapes plenty, but wine sour. 



1583, A year of abundance. 



1584, Abundant wine of middling quality; great fertility in other 



respects. 



1585, Grapes abundant, wine bad; favorable spring, followed by » 



rainy summer. 



1586, Bad wines, rigorous winter and a rainy summer. 



1587, The like. 



158S, Little wine, middling quality; rigorous winter, cold spring 



1589, The like. 



1590, Few grapes, wine of extraordinary fine quality; cold winter, 



very hot summer, early vintage. 



1591, Little wine and bad, a sterile year. 



1592, Little wine, middling quality; heavy frost near the end of May 



