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July 6. Chestnut-tree {Castanea Americana) flowering. 

 6. Large red cherry [Prun. ceras.) fully ripe. String beans 

 fit for the table. 

 Perhaps we never experienced a greater degree of heat in 

 this part of the country than has been felt for three days past. 

 A number of hives of honey have naelted during the heat. 



14. Cucumbers fit for the table. 



15. Rye fit for the sickle. 



16. Black whortleberries (VacciniuYh resinosum) ripening. 



19. Early potatoes fit for the table. Indian corn (green) fit 



for the table. 



20. Jenneting apples npe. 



21. Choke cherries {Prun. serotina) ripe. 

 26. Gooseberries ripening. 



August 1. Martins departed. 

 6. Barn and bank swallows collecting in millions, upoa our 



islands in the river, to depart. 

 12. Blackberries ripe. 



20. Thorn apple (^Datura stramonium) in full flower. Elder- 



berries fully ripe. 



September 1. Common pear fully ripe. Rare-ripe peaches 

 fully ripe. 

 6. Bergamot pears fully ripe. 



17. Great grapes {Fitis oBstivalis) fully ripe. Frost grapes 



(^Fitis cordifolia) ripening. 



21. Butternuts beginning to fall from the tree. 



24. Our farmers busily engaged in harvesting their corn. 



26. Butternut defoliating. 



28. Elm beginning to defoliate. 



October 2. Chestnut burrs opening. Tree defoliating. 

 8. Sugar-maple and sycamore defoliating. 



26. Blackbirds arrived again. Squirrels in plenty in our 

 woods, though chestnuts and walnuts are scarce. But- 

 ternuts plenty. Cider and apples in great abundance, 



Kovemher 20. Wild geese returning to the southern regions. 



