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Sept. 26th 10˚ 45' 10 cleaned & 10 with bloom to be syringed

(Oct 1' 8˚ 1 with bloom badly burst: the cleaned & syringed ones have not or hardly replaced any bloom.)

(Oct 2d 8˚ 30' 1 with bloom & 3 cleaned ones burst.)

(Oct 3' one cleaned burst.)

(Oct 21' cut open the remained, viz 8 with bloom & 6 cleaned. — no great difference 3 with bloom were shrivelled & looked decayed, but colour of juice on paper was on the average nearly the same.)

Yew

Sept. 26th 11˚ 10': 10 cleaned & 10 with bloom put to dry in window to S.W. & after a day or two placed on warm study chimney-piece.

Sept 28th 8˚ A.m. Some of The cleaned ones somewhat shrivelled.

― 29' 8˚ A.m. 8/11 of the cleaned ones are less shrivelled or collapsed only 1/10 with bloom in this state.

Sept 30th I find very much bloom removed largely on all the cleaned lot, though so many shrivelled (like de Bary on Cucurb.): This renewal shows by a portion being wiped by sponge & still better where touched with camel brush with ether.

The bloom became difficult to remove on the old berries gathered several days ago. The I recleaned all those before cleaned & this short sponging seemed to cause wrinkles partly to disappear, rescued with greatest ease.)

(Oct 1'. 4˚ P.m all the cleaned much wrinkled, though sponged with wet sponge yesterday. — 6/10 of those with bloom slightly wrinkled, but not nearly so much as the cleaned ones.)

(Oct 2d. 8˚ 30'. one more with bloom slightly wrinkled— The cleaned ones far more deeply wrinkled, & for a second time have recovered a good deal of bloom!) I did not clean them for second time, but cleaned a stripe on ones marked with thin pin.)

(Oct 3d. 8˚ one more with bloom slightly wrinkled

[insertion:] Oct 5th The stripe has recovered some bloom, for 1 cleaned half of it & I see difference

(Oct 4' 8. 2 more with bloom slight wrinkled. — great difference in appearance of the 2 lots. N.B. The renewal of bloom by the shrivelled berries shows not growth — hardly a vital action — evaporation leaving a residue. —

(Oct 5'. 8˚ 10' a.m. Recleaned for 2d time 2 of the before cleaned much wrinkled berries.— & put in glass cell.) Oct 18' These did not reform bloom.)

Oct 18' wonderful difference between the 2 lots of cleaned & with bloom: many of former hard none of latter. (Frank weighed & than dried at great Heat)

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Ribes sanguineum. (1877

Berries thickly covered with white bloom except the glandular hairs — can be easily scraped off. — removed by S. Ether instantly.

Waved Put in cold water granular silver, & comes out quite dry. — waved for 1/2 minute in water at 90° wetted. Berries dark purple beneath bloom. —

Sept 26th

Sponged 10 & put 10 with bloom in equal quantity of distilled water at 9˚ 30' — Temp of water 63° by 12˚. 15' I found 2 cleaned ones burst open with great vent.

4˚.35. 2 with bloom burst! & a third cleaned. Those with bloom now wet. Fluid with cleaned pinker; though as each found burst removed, Bloom here prevent endosmose very slightly. —

(Sept 27th 8˚ 15'. 5 cleaned tremendously burst & water pinkish — 2 with bloom burst N.B Those burst with bloom taste much sweeter than burst cleaned ones: tried 2 of each— George says Blackberries after long rain taste tasteless

It is the small cleaned berries which have not burst.

4˚ 40' 1 more with bloom burst.)

(28th, 3 with bloom burst, only 2 remaining on each side.

― 3˚ P.m 1 with bloom & 1 cleaned burst. —

Oct 1. one of each lot not burst, thrown away.)

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(The Yew berries were kept till Frank weighed them in S. W window in Hall)