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not in so gardenly a state of culture, as those| bla of West Kent‘were, in 1790. The major fall part, however, were in high order; and it cha was not evident, whether those which, in effe the early part of September, were seen in a Pa ati foul neglected state, owed it to slovenliness;|] or whether, from the discouraging pro-| aug! spect of a crop, they were purposely left the unworked. wer ENEMIES. The year 1795 was one of that the most fatal years the hop planters ever ticur knew. On the better lands, in the neigh- rant bourhood of Canterbury, most especially on Bioee

those which were in a high state of cultiva-—| tion and condition, scarcely a hop matured! aoe Some time previous to the season of| Tepe ripening, they were attacked by the aputs, ne with which the leaves were much infested._ z But, at the time I saw them, the beginning if of*September, they were covered with cocci-| chat nellé,-—lady birds; which are well known plan to feed on the larve of the aphis: the ex- ff perienced planter considering his hops safe,; from the latter, when the former appear in lieve. force. and But the finishing‘ blow was given by ln the“ siicuT;” the whole plant becoming me

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