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Sect. XV. ^. 6. 







-^ 



OF 



FRUITS 



42^ 



3 



I at fiift afcribed to the trees being lefs forward 



but be 



was more probably owing to the greater fucculence of thofe 



m 



th 



ey 



d to their 



o 



been previoufly 



X 



fed to th 



n>oifture of the evening mill: 



The precipitation or adhcfion of moid 



V 



mifly 



blown aaainft them, is well defcribed by Mr.White in his hil 



tory of Shelboi 



ho obferved 



a 



foggy d 



th fome wind 



y 



that fo much moifture was depofited on a tree, that it ran down upon 



o 



d, and filled the ruts of a lane beneath 



dry 



Ifewh 



On the fame account in the early fpring the grafs is feen 

 become green fooner under the fpreading branches of trees than in 

 their vicinity. See Botanic Garden, Vol. 1. note 26. 



It is hence evident, that very low and damp fituations are not to be 



s rlimate : and that it is in 



preferred for gardens and orchards in th 

 ?dl o-ardens an objea worthy 



protect in th 



ly fp 



bloflb 



d the y 



D 



fcending night d 



fo 



the top of the fruit 



flioots from being moiflened by the d^ 



lis purpofe fome have put coping flon 



fo as to projea fix or eight inches ov 



/* 



th 



trees. 



By th 



fhelter of thefe cop 



ftones the defcending 



dews, which would moiften the young leaves and 



fl 



are pre 



ted from faUing on them, and in confequence no rime 



fee 



n in 



the mornin- on thefe trees. I had once an opportunity of obfe 



o 



fome trees beneath a projeding copin 



be much fafer in relped 



both to their fi 



d foliage, than thofe 



their 



ty, and 



the fame afpea, where there were no coping ftones over them 



But I 



fq-med 



> 



ft 



froft 



fed. th 



kind of flielter is certainly injurious to 



the growth and perfed 



ot 



the fr 



which may 



from th 



f 



c 



fe, namely, th 



of the fummer night-dews to' moiften the fruit, and alfo th 



perpendicular fun-beams to ripen 



On thefe accounts I have pr 



pofed to make temporary ilieds of boards to projeft eight inches from 



the walls, to be held on by iron hooks, which might eafily be re 



moved 



9 



