April 10

Posted by sydney on Apr 10th, 2009
  • 1793: April 10, 1793 – Dug the asparagus bed, & cleared away the straw laid on.  Farmers wish for a gentle rain.
  • 1792: April 10, 1792 – Hot sun. Goslins on commons. Black thorn blossoms.
  • 1791: April 10, 1791 – The early beech in the long Lythe shows leaves fully expanded.
  • 1788: April 10, 1788 – Crown Imperials blow, & stink.  Much gossamer.  Bat.
  • 1787: April 10, 1787 – Cloudless.  Goslings.  No swallows.
  • 1786: April 10, 1786 – Planted 12 goose-berry trees, & three monthly roses, & three Provence roses.  Mr & Mrs Taylor left Selborne.
  • 1783: April 10, 1783 – Therm. 72!!! Prodigious heat: clouds of dust.  Thermr at Selborne only 62!  Nightingale at Bradshot.
  • 1780: April 10, 1780 – Planted two more beds of asparagus.
  • 1779: April 10, 1779 – The beeches on the hanger begin to show leaves.
  • 1778: April 10, 1778 – Three bernacle-geese on a pond at Bramshot: one was shot & sent to me.
  • 1776: April 10, 1776 – One swallow at Wallingford.
  • 1773: April 10, 1773 – It appears from good information that sometimes the osprey falco haliaetus, Linn: is known to hawk the great pond at Frinsham.  It darts down with great violence on a fish, so as to plunge itself quite under water.  The man at the ale-house adjoining shot one as it was devouring its prey on the handle of a plough.  This man shot also a sea-pie, ostralegus on the banks of his pond.

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