yi Vegetable Staticks, 



" Towards the end of April, many of the 

 " hop-vines were infefted with the Flies. 

 " About the 20th of May there was a 

 e * very unequal crop , fome Vines being 

 " run feven feet, others not above three or 

 €C four feet 5 fome juft tied to the poles, and 

 a fome nor vifible : And this difpropor- 

 <c tionate inequality in their fize conti- 

 'j nued thro* the whole time of their growth. 

 tc The Flies now appeared upon the leaves 

 cc of the forwarded Vines, but not in fuch 

 * c numbers here, as they did in mod other 

 €c places. About the middle of Jane, the 

 " Hies increafed, yet not fo as to cndan- 

 " ger the crop 5 but in diftant planta- 

 ^ c tions they were exceedingly multiplied, 

 " fo as to fwarm towards the end of the 

 cc month. June 27th fome fpecks of fen^ 

 <c appeared : From this day, to the 9th of 

 " J u fy> was ver Y fi ne dry weather. At this 

 ■f* time, when it was faid that the hops in 

 iC mod other parts of the Kingdom look- 

 €£ ed black and fickly, and feemed paft re- 

 ic covery, ours held it out pretty well, in 

 €c the opinion of the moil skilful Planters., 

 " The great leaves were indeed difcolour- 

 ^ ed and a little withered, and the fen was 



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