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* fared with the hops this dry year, is men- 

 u tioned under Exper. 9. 



" The following winter, 1724, proved 

 u very mild ; the fpring was forward in J a- 

 u miary, £0 that the Snow-drops, Crocus '4, 

 " Polyanthus's, Hepat tea's, and Narcijfus's, 

 " were in flower. And it was remarkable, 

 u that moft of the Colliflower-plants were 

 M deftroyed by the mildew, of which there 

 u was more, ail this winter, than had been 

 < c known in the memory of man. In Fe- 

 u bruary we had cold fharp weather, which 

 u did fome damage to the early crops, and 

 M it continued variable till April-, fo that 

 •" much of the early Wall-fruit was cut off: 

 <l And again the 6th of May was a very 

 £C (harp froft, which much injured tender 

 t( plants and fruits. The fummer in general 

 '* was moderately dry, the common fruits 

 " proved pretty good, but late: Melons 

 ■ <c and Cucumbers were good f<5t little: 

 cc Kitchen-fluff was in great plenty in the 

 " markets." 



In the very wet and cold year 1725, mod 

 things were a full month backwarder than 

 ufual. Not half the Wheat in by the 24th 

 of Aaguft, in the Southern parts of England ; 

 very few Melons or Cucumbers, and thofe 



F 3 not 



