
          Frosts in the Spring effect on Orchard

1803
May 4 to 11th
Smart frost & ice on the 4th
Easterly wind & cold to 6th very cold
Severe frost ⅛ inch thick 7th
Snowed several hours - 8th Thunder at night
wind Southerly 9th - severe frost & ice
white frost morning of 10th wind Easterly
Same on the . . 11th Wind Southerly & Eas[illegible]
[sketch of index finger pointing right]
The above frosts only destroyed the fruit in[illegible]
places mine was all safe

1810 
May 9th Frost thick as 1/16 [illegible]
May 11th A very cold spell, thin Ice in Barn [illegible]
Beans partially destroyed, but owing [illegible]
dry state of the Air fruit not percep[illegible]
[sketch of index finger pointing right]
This was the finest apple year as to be [illegible]
in my recollection. On the 1st Nov. a severe snow [illegible]
frost destroyed immense quantities of Apple [illegible]
on the Trees.  Those which were lying on the [illegible]
many which were shaken down & lay in the sno[illegible]
not injured by the Frost.  The Crab Cider was fine[illegible]
have since made.

1828
After the mildest winter in my recollection a [illegible]
& backward Spring, a good deal of frost and sn[illegible]
April when the blossoms of the Peach were [illegible]
and some of the blossoms of the apple were [illegible]
April 26th, still continues a long Easterly Spe[illegible]
tion almost stationary from the dold of the [illegible]
fortnight. Asparagus very backward - we ha[illegible]
had but a few small messes - it is full a fortn[illegible]
later than 1827.

The apples and pears, cherries plums & Apricots
most of them destroyed by the cold after they were [illegible]
some trees bore full crops, but they generally fell [illegible]
turely. a large proportion of the apples, gnarled; [illegible]
the number less, but of a tolerable quality. In ge[illegible]
frost affected the late fruit more than the early [illegible]
the Apples.
        