June 10, 1786
Posted by sydney on Jun 10th, 1786
Men have a fine season for their turnip-fields, which work very well, & are well pulverized.
June 6, 1786
Posted by sydney on Jun 6th, 1786
Began to tack the vines; they are again infested with the cotton-like appearance which surrounds the eggs of the Coccus vitis viniferae…. for some account of this insect, see my Journal for summer last 1785.
June 3, 1786
Posted by sydney on Jun 4th, 1786
Daws from the church take the chafers on my trees, & hedges. Thomas picks the caterpillars that damage the foliage of the apricot-trees, & roll up their leaves.
June 1, 1786
Posted by sydney on Jun 1st, 1786
Potted nine tall balsams, & put the potts in a sunk bed. Dragon-flies have been out some days. The oaks in many places are infested with caterpillars of the Phalaena quercus to such a degree as to be quite naked of leaves. These palmer-worms hang down from the trees by long threads. The apple-trees at Faringdon are annoyed by an other set of caterpillars that strip them of all their foliage. My hedges are also damaged by the caterpillars.
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