PROTECTING THE FLOWERS. 



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Glass copings (see Fig. 22) are to be recommended 

 for protecting apricot blossoms, but when used 

 for the same purpose in 

 the case of peach trees 

 the foliage is sure to be- 

 come badly infested with 

 red spider if not kept well 

 syringed with clean water. 

 If glass is to be employed 

 with a view to securing a 

 good set of fruit, I should 

 certainly prefer one of the 

 Improved Wall Fruit Pro- 

 tectors or Peach Cases (see 

 Fig. 23). As will be 

 seen, the front lights are 

 made to slide past each other, thus enabling an 

 abundance of fresh air to be admitted to the trees 

 when in flower, and again when the fruit is nearing 

 the ripening stage, and at the same time allowing of 

 the trees being properly syringed and attended to on 

 both sides. The case, erected against a wall 9 feet 

 high, is 6 feet wide at the ground-line, the front 

 lights are 7 feet long, and the top ones 4 feet 3 inches 

 in length. Thus it will be seen ground-space is 

 available in front for a row of peach trees in pots. 



Viewed from a commercial point as most things 

 have to be viewed nowadays the crops which 



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FIG. 22. GLASS COPING. 



