May 10, 1787
Posted by sydney on May 10th, 1787
Farmer Spencer’s orchard in fine bloom.
May 7, 1787
Posted by sydney on May 7th, 1787
The large white pippin-tree full of bloom. No house-martin seen yet!
May 6, 1787
Posted by sydney on May 6th, 1787
Timothy, the tortoise, who has just begun to eat, weighs 6 ae, 12 1/2 oz. Agues are much about at Hawkley, & Emshot, & Newton; & in Selborne street.
May 5, 1787
Posted by sydney on May 5th, 1787
Sowed ten weeks stocks, & radishes, & lettuces.
May 2, 1787
Posted by sydney on May 2nd, 1787
The foliage of the peach, & nectarine-trees scorched by the winds: the leaves are shrivelled, & blotched.