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GENERAL DIRECTIONS 



For this purpose we place a rod of wood upon the 

 lower part of the top covering at B, fig. 182, supported 



Fig. 182. Protection for Stone Fruit Trees. 



by the extremity of the house which forms the projec- 

 tion. We then drive a line of stakes, D, .into the 

 ground, about 30 inches high, placed 5 feet apart, and 

 5 feet in advance of the wall. We fix at the top of the 

 stakes a cross piece, E ; then stretch a cloth from B to 

 E. The cloth may be of the coarse canvas used for 

 walls before papering. Its durability will be increased 

 by soaking it in linseed oil. The canvas allows of 

 light passing through it sufficient for the trees, and 

 will protect the vegetation from the most severe of the 

 late frosts of spring. We secure by this means almost 



