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of AuguJij in the Southern parts of England-^ 
very few Melons or Cucumbers, and thofc 
not good. The tender Exoticks fared but ill; 
fcarce any Grapes, thofc fmall, and of very 
unequal fizes, on the fame bunch, notripe; 
Apples and Pears green andinfipid; no fruit 
nor produfts 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; few Wafps oro- 
ther infeds, 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, 
“ At mA- 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 fhoot, 
upon opening the hills, was 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 ferics 
of dry weather, for three months paft : 
F 4 Towards 
