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Rain or Dew Droppings from the Artichoke injurious. 



long the crops of these fruits to the utmost 

 extent of time possible; to effect which, the 

 peculiar excellence of the shade afforded by 

 these lofty and erect growing plants is most 

 admirably calculated, and will be found far 

 superior to any close fence, as by a wall or 

 paling, admitting the free circulation of warm 

 air and drying winds, essential to maturing 

 the fruit; from the want of which, in con- 

 fined situations, and especially in moist and 

 cloudy seasons, these soft, tender, and delicate 

 fruits will be found extremely subject to de- 

 cay by mould and rot. 



As the plants of the artichoke advance in 

 growth, they will not unfrequently incline 

 forward, and become pendant over the 

 Strawberries bearing fruit; which requires 

 to be guarded against as much as possible, 

 as the drops of rain or dew, collected on their 

 broad foliage, falling on the fruit, will prove 

 injurious ; but this inconvenience may, in a 

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