Mar. 17. - 20.planted in the orchard as follows
a. - 1.2 + 1. b. - 1.2. + 1 c. - 1. + 1 d. - 1.2 |
10.Italian peaches from Mazzei. ante pa. 30. Maddelena. poppe de Venere. melon peaches & vaga loggia. |
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. |
fine soft peaches from T. Lomax. |
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 |
46. select peaches from the Nursery. |
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.
