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wall at tlic time the tree is nailed, and 

 left its full length to wrap round the 

 smaller branches, either by the motion of 

 the wind, the wet, or the frost, either of 

 which will operate more or less on it ; in 

 dry weather when the sun shines it be- 

 comes relaxed and spreading, gives room 

 for the sun and air to get to the bloom 

 and the young fruit, but by moisture 

 it becomes in some degree compressed, 

 and folds round the branches j it is also 

 the most convenient covering, approach- 

 ing in its nature to those operations which 

 the leaves perform as a protection to 

 the fruit in a more advanced state : it 

 is moreover very cheap, and very easy in 

 its application. After the fruit is set and 

 the season advances, it should be pulled 

 out from the branches, as it otherwise af- 

 fords shelter for insects and vermin when 

 the fruit is ripe. 



I know of no convenience in modern 

 gardening which equals this, and it is 

 well worth every persons trying who has 

 trees to protect. It may be used with an 



