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Advantage of the Jerusalem Artichoke for Shade. 



Preserving Fruit. 



No article can possibly be found better 

 calculated to effect the purpose of preserv- 

 ing these fruits beyond the common season 

 of maturity by shade, than the Jerusalem 

 Artichoke, planted at convenient distances 

 on the south side, to form a permanent and 

 due north border, where the situation is 

 open. 



Thus admitting the early morning and 

 late evening sun, together with the drying 

 air common in the warm summer months, 

 between the leaves of the Helianthus Tube- 

 rosus, the fruit in dry seasons will be long 

 and well preserved from mould or damp. 



As it will always be advantageous to ob- 

 tain this shade or protection from the sun 

 as early as possible after first planting these 

 roots, prefer those which are first dug out of 



