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" which feemed to be almoft at a ftand, 

 " was confiderably increafed, 'efpecially in 

 u thofe grounds where it firft appeared. 

 cc About the middle of Augujl, the Vines 

 <l had done growing, both in Item and 

 <c branch; and the forwarded: began to be 

 <c in Hop, the reft in Bloom : The Fen 

 " continued fpreading, where it was not 

 <l before perceived, and not only the leaves, 

 <c but many of the Burs alfo were tainted 

 " with it. About the 20th of Angujl, 

 " fome of the Hops were infected with the 

 " Fen, and whole branches corrupted by it. 

 €t Half the Plantations had hitherto pretty 

 tc werl efcaped, and from this time the Fen 

 H increafed but little: But feveral days vio~ 

 " lent wind and rain, in the following 

 ;c week, fo difordered them, that many of 

 " them began to dwindle, and at laft came 

 " to nothing 5 and of thofe that then re- 

 " mained in bloom, fome never turned to 

 u Hops; and of the reft which did, many 

 " of them were fo fmall, that they very 

 '* little exceeded the bignefs of a good 

 lc thriving Bur. We did not begin to pick 

 " till the eighth of September, which was 

 « eighteen days later than we began the 

 «' year before. The crop was little above 



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