Mar. 17. - 20.planted in the
orchard as follows
a. - 1.2 + 1.
b. - 1.2. + 1
c. - 1. + 1
d. - 1.2
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10.Italian peaches from Mazzei. ante pa. 30. Maddelena. poppe de Venere.
melon peaches & vaga loggia.
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d. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. Nectarines from the Nursery.
g. 28. 29.39. Peach Apricots
38. 42. 43. Bordeaux
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e. 27. 31. 32. 35. 37. 39. 43. 44.
f. 29. 41.43.
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fine soft peaches from T. Lomax.
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d. -3.
f.1.2.3.
g. -1. 2. 3. + 1. 5. 6. 8.
h. 27.30. 33. 35. 38. 43.
i. 28. 29. 35. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.
J. 30. 38.
k. -1.2. + 2. 4. 5. 7.8. 9. 14. 18.19.21. 26. 30.36.
n.9. o. 9. p. 9
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46. select peaches from the Nursery.
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i.- 2. + 2.3.Spitzenburg apple trees from mr. Divers.
General Arrangermt. of the Nursery Terras
| Terras.
1 |
almonds |
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2. |
apples |
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3. |
apricots |
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4. |
cherries |
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5. |
nut |
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6. |
peaches |
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7. |
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8. |
pears |
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9. |
plumbs |
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10. |
Miscellany |
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Etc. |
planted 7. Rhododendrons in 4. oval beds in each corner of the house.
No. VI. planted 36. Acacia. Popinaques (probably Famesiana) seeds
from judge Johnston, in a box.
sowed Egyptian grass in the old nursery lowest bed, West end. set out sprigs
of sweet scented grass in lowest bed Eastwardly.
Nursery. 8th Terras. grafted 4. pear cuttings
from Gallipolis. very large. eaten Dec. Jan. Taylor
9th grafted 6. plumb cuttings from d. 27. or e. 36. a large
blue plumb.
3d grafted 12. codlings & 12. iron wildings, next to the
Taliafers.
7th. planted 13. stones of the Magdalen or White blossomed
peach. soft. Taylor
flower borders. sowed larkspurs. poppies. balsam apple. N. oval bed on S. W.
side. nutmeg plant. S. oval bed on S. W. side. American Columbo.
planted in the 11. uppermost terrasses of the
E. vineyard 165. cuttings of a native
winegrape recd. from Major Adlum of
Maryland. this grape was first discovered by a gardener
of Governor John Penn's & transplanted into his
garden in or near
Philadelphia. I have drank of the wine. it resembles the
Comartin Burgundy.
