SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE VALLEY OF THE MOHAWK. 29 
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TABLE III. Comparison of the forwardness of the seasons, with the average of the State during the same years. 
FACTS OBSERVED. 
Pompey. 
Homer. 
Cazenovia. 
Hamilton. 
Bridg-water 
Oxford. 
Hartwick. 
Cherry valley 
Delhi. 
Days. 
Days. 
Days. 
Days. 
Days. 
Days. 
Days. 
Days. 
Days. 
Robins first seen. 
+ o 
.... 
- 5f 
- 9f 
+12* 
—10 
.... 
.... 
i .... 
Shadbush in bloom.... 
+ 7 
-f- 5 
+ 3* 
-f- 1 
.... 
.... 
+ 3 
Peach 
do .... 
.... 
+10* 
.... 
.... 
.... 
. . .. 
Currants 
do .... 
+ 2f 
+ 2 
+ 4f 
+ 5t 
+ 9* 
+ it 
+ 3 
+ 7* 
+ 3* 
Plum 
do .... 
+ 6 
+ It 
+ 6 
+ 2 
+ 3* 
+ if 
+ 2 
+ 7 
+ 3* 
Cherry 
do .... 
+ 3 
+ 2f 
+ 7 
~h 1 
+15* 
+ 5* 
+ 4 
+10* 
+ 1* 
Apple 
do .... 
+ 9f 
+ 3f 
+ St 
+ 4f 
+ 6* 
+ 3f 
+ 8 
+ 5 
Lilac 
do .... 
+ 9 
+ 6 
+ 3 
+ 2 
+ 9* 
+ 3 
+ 6* 
+ 8* 
Strawberries ripe. 
+ 5 
+ 2f 
+ 7 
+ 4 
+ 6* 
+ 2 
+ 2* 
+ 2 
+ 6* 
Haying commenced .. . 
+ 3 
+ 3f 
+ 7f 
— 1 
+ 7 
+13* 
Wheat harvest ditto .. . 
+ 3f 
+ 9 
.... 
.... 
• • • 
.... 
First killing frost .... 
+ n 
—13f 
-lit 
-12t 
.... 
- 6f 
— 9 
- 4f 
.... 
* The result of less than four years' observation. 
t The result of observations for ten years or more. 
REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING TABLES. 
Most of these places lie in elevated valleys, and show a proportionably reduced tempe¬ 
rature as compared with others in the same latitude but on a lower level. Pompey is the 
coldest place reported in the State ; colder even than those in the extreme northern coun¬ 
ties. It is situated on high ground, but still the temperature is lower than is due to its 
elevation by over 1°. But it is rather remarkable that while this is the fact, the thermo¬ 
meter does not sink so low there in the winter, nor do autumnal frosts occur so early as in 
the State generally. At all the other places in this section the thermometer sinks lower 
than the average of the State by 4° to 11°, and autumnal frosts occur earlier by four to 
thirteen days. 
The appearance of robins seems not to be a fair index of the relative forwardness of the 
spring at different places, as they appear earlier in this section than at any other in the 
State ; and yet vegetation is uniformly backward, though not so much so as at places in 
the northern part of the State which have the same mean temperature. 
