68 Vegetable Stancks. 
not be improper here to give a fliort ac- 
count of them, and the influence they had 
on their produ&ions. 
“ Mr. Miller , in the account which he 
took of the year 1723, obferved that the 
“ winter was mild and dry, except that in 
« February it rained almoft every day, which 
« kept the fpring backward. March, April, 
« May, June, to the middle of July, proved 
ic extremely dry, the wind North-eafl: moil 
« part of the time. The fruits were for- 
« ward, and pretty good; but kitchen- fluff, 
<c efpecially Beans and Peafe, failed much. 
« The latter half of July the weather prov- 
« ed very wet, which caufed the fruits to 
grow fo faff, that many of them rotted 
“ on the trees; fo that the autumn fruits 
“ were not good. There were great plenty 
« of Melons, very large, but not well tailed. 
“ Great plenty of Apples; many kinds of 
“ fruits bloflomed in Augujl, which pro- 
4C duced many fmall Apples and Pears in 
“ October, as alfo Strawberries and Rafp- 
H berries in great plenty. Wheat was good, 
“ little Barley, much of which was very un* 
<e equally ripe, fome not at all, becaufe fown 
“ late, and no timely rain to fetch it up. 
“ There were innumerable W afps how it 
4 ‘‘ fared 
