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of Augufly in the Southern parts of England* 

 very few Melons or Cucumbers, and thofc 

 not good. The tender Exoticks fared but ill; 

 fcarce any Grapes, thofe fmall, and of very 

 unequal fizes, on the fame bunch, not riper 

 Apples and Pears green andinfipid; no fruit 

 nor products of the ground good, but crude : 

 Pretty good plenty of Wheat tho' coarfe, 

 and long ftraw ; Barley coarfe, but plenty of 

 it in the uplands. Beans and Peafe, moft 

 flourifhing and plentiful j few Wafps oro- 

 ther infects , except Flies on hops. Hops 

 were very bad thro' the whole Kingdom. 

 Mr. Auflin of Canterbury fent me the fol- 

 lowing particular account, how it far'd 

 with them there ; where they had more than 

 at Farnham, and moft other places, tvi&. 



" At mid-April not half the fhoots ap- 

 " peared above ground $ fo that the plan- 

 " ters knew not how to pole them to the 

 " beft advantage. This defed of the (hoot, 

 " upon opening the hills, v/as found to be 

 " owing to the multitude and variety of 

 " vermin that lay preying upon the root ; 

 " the increafe of which was imputed to 

 * the long and almoft uninterrupted feries 

 " of dry weather, for three months paft : 

 F 4 Towards 



