THE RASPBERRY. 71 



Protection by Shade. 



for the admission of all possible sun fully 

 to perfect them. The shade here recom- 

 mended is to be considered totally unneces- 

 sary in moist and cloudy seasons; and it 

 requires to be recollected, that where these 

 borders are formed in situations not point- 

 ing duly east and west, and in other than 

 open exposures where the early morning and 

 late evening sun is prevented, it will be less 

 advantageous to the perfection of the fruit, 

 especially in close and confined situations; 

 as from a want of the early and late soft 

 sun, and a free circulation of air, the fruit 

 will prove of very inferior flavour, and be 

 subject to decay by mould or rot. By a 

 continuance of this shade beyond their com- 

 mon season of maturity, the fruit may be 

 preserved a greater length of time, which in 

 many instances will prove desirable ; and for 

 those which are of the largest growth, and 

 the greatest altitude, it will be necessary 

 that the hurdle be wattled with branches of 

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