14 On Peach Trees. 



as a reflector of the rays of the sun. That the clearmg 

 of the country is at least in part the cause of our variable 

 winters, is rendered in some measure probable by a fact 

 communicated to me, viz. that in the thinly settled parts 

 of the country, peach trees flourish as well as they did 

 formerly in the neighbourhood of Philadelphia: therefore 

 it seehis advisable to endeavour to find out some method 

 to defend tender fruit trees from the effects of fluctu- 

 ating winters ; I can think of no better method to suc- 

 ceed, than binding straw round the body or trunk of 

 the trees, that part appealing to be the seat of the dis- 

 ease. 



