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1829
May 30.

Lime on Greyhouse to prevent Bitter rot

Having many years ago been told by John Hoskins the elder that
this disease had been cured by making a mortar bed under a 
large & productive House apple near Chester in Delaware Co.[County] Pa [Pennsylvania]
I this day spread a peck of slacked strong lime around each of
21 young thrifty and productive trees, to be well worked
this Season - [illegible]
11 trees (East Row entire) of SE Orchard [right brace 1 begins] planted in corn [right brace 2 begins] S.E.21
1 tree next Row Westward
5 trees West of 5 Winesap Rows [right brace 1 ends]
3 trees No  3. 9. 10 in Rows South of Stire [right brace 3 begins] in pumpkins
1 tree No 11 in next Row South of Stire [right brace 3 ends]
[underscore]
21 trees - Ground all rich & in fine condition [right brace 2 ends]
1 tree large tree among Stires near [illegible] lane S.W. Ord [Orchard] SW. 1
        