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be improper here to give a fhort account of 

 them, and the influence they had on their 

 productions. 



Mr. Miller, in the account which he 

 took of the year 1723, obferved, u That the 

 tc winter was mild and dry, except that in 

 February it rained almoft every day, which 

 kept the fpring backward. March, April, 

 May, June, to the middle of July, proved 

 " extremely dry, the wind North.eaft mod 

 " part of the time. The fruits were for- 

 " ward, and pretty good ; but kitchen-fluff, 

 €C efpecially Beans and Peas, failed much, 

 <c The latter half of July the weather proved 

 " very wet, which caufed the fruits to 

 <c grow: fo fail, that many of them rotted 

 " on the trees; fo that the autumn fruits 

 " were not good. There were great plenty 

 <c of Melons, very large, but not well rafted. 

 Great plenty of Apples ; many kinds of 

 fruits bloffomed in Augujl, which pro- 

 duced many fmall Apples and Pears in 

 <{ October, as alfo Strawberries and Rafp- 

 " berries in great plenty. Wheat was good, 

 " little Barley, much of which was very un- 

 equally ripe, fome not at all, becaufe fown 

 late, and no timely rain to fetch it up. 

 JJ There were innumerable Wafps -, how it 



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