54911[Diary entry: 18 August 1763] (Washington Papers)
18. Ditto in Apple Orchard. Some English seed & some Country Do. Sowed likewise at Creek Qr. & Doeg Run—Country Seed. Note. No Rain upon them until the ⟨ ⟩ Inst.
54912[Diary entry: 20 August 1763] (Washington Papers)
20. Counted sheep pr. List Inclosd.
54913[Diary entry: 26 August 1763] (Washington Papers)
26. Sowed a little English cloverseed at Quince tree in Garden to see if it was good. quince tree: Cydonia oblonga , an unimportant fruit in GW’s orchard scheme.
54914[Diary entry: 29 August 1763] (Washington Papers)
29. Began sowing Wheat at Muddy hole.
54915[Diary entry: 31 August 1763] (Washington Papers)
31. In Turnips below garden and Peach Orchard sowed about a Peck of Spelts in Drills—also abt. a Hat ful in Apple Orchard lower corner. Spelt is Triticum aestivum var. spelta or any other variety of wheat in which the chaff adheres to the grain. It therefore cannot be threshed like other wheats but must be milled. GW raised white and black varieties.
54916[September 1763] (Washington Papers)
1st. Observed that my yg. Corn was just beginning to show, occasioned by Rains falling abt. the 25th. Quere has it time to make or Ripen. 2. Sowed a Bushel & half of Winter Barley on an Acre of Ground in Apple Orchard. 3. 4. } Sowed Rye in Ditto & began Stilling Cyder. 8. Agreed with Thomas Nichols a farmer to Overlook my People at Home & work wt. them for £20. 9. Began to sow wheat at C[ree]k...
54917[Diary entry: 1 September 1763] (Washington Papers)
1st. Observed that my yg. Corn was just beginning to show, occasioned by Rains falling abt. the 25th. Quere has it time to make or Ripen.
54918[Diary entry: 2 September 1763] (Washington Papers)
2. Sowed a Bushel & half of Winter Barley on an Acre of Ground in Apple Orchard.
54919[Diary entry: 3–4 September 1763] (Washington Papers)
3. 4. } Sowed Rye in Ditto & began Stilling Cyder.
54920[Diary entry: 8 September 1763] (Washington Papers)
8. Agreed with Thomas Nichols a farmer to Overlook my People at Home & work wt. them for £20.