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not be improper here to give a fhort ac- 

 count of them, and the influence they had 

 on their produAions. 



" Mr. Miller, in the account which he 

 " took of the year 1723, oblerved that the 

 " winter was mild and dry, except that in 

 a February it rained almoft every day , which 

 u kept the fpring backward. March, April, 



May, June, to the middle of July, proved 

 u extreamly dry, the wind North-eajl moft 

 cc part of the time. The fruits were for- 

 " ward and pretty good 5 but kitchen- fluff, 

 u efpecially Beans and Peafe, failed much, 

 " The latter half of July the weather prov- 

 " ed very wet, which cauftd the fruits to 

 " grow fo'faft, that many of them rotted 

 " on the trees 5 fo that the autumn fruits 

 <c were not good. There were great plenty 

 «* of Melons, very large, but not well tailed. 

 " Great plenty of Apples 5 many kinds of 

 " fruits bloflbmed in Auguft, which produc- 

 " ed many fmall Apples and Pears in Oc- 

 " taker, as alfo Strawberries and Rafpber- 

 " ries in great plenty. Wheat was good, 

 " little Barley, much of which was very un- 

 c equally ripe, fome not at all, becaufe fown 

 (* late, and no timely rain to fetch it up. 

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