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PROTECTING BLOOM. 



up during the day, and to admit of their 

 being drawn over the trees at night,) they 

 are expensive in the erection, and keeping 

 in repair, and they also cause a good deal 

 of trouble in letting down and drawing 

 up. They are also objectionable for ano- 

 ther reason ; when the covers have been 

 drawn over the trees during the night, they 

 will generally be damp, and when folded up 

 in this state they speedily rot, and to allow 

 them to remain stretched over the trees until 

 the covers are dry, would be injurious to the 

 bloom or young fruit, as a considerable de- 

 gree of heat would be collected underneath 

 the covers by that time, and when removed 

 away, the sudden admission to the cold air 

 injures them, besides the best part of the day 

 (in reference to the trees) would thus be 

 lost. 



The sort of protection I adopt and strongly 

 recommend as a great deal more beneficial 

 and durable, also considerably cheaper in the 

 end than the before-mentioned covers is, 

 woollen nets, which may be purchased at a 

 low rate of the original inventor at Yeadon, 

 near Leeds, Yorkshire; or of Messrs. Back- 

 house, Nurserymen, York; and also in some 

 parts of Lancashire. This netting completely 

 preserves the bloom, as the frieze which is 

 upon it receives the hoar frost, and as it dis- 

 solves in the morning, a suitable portion of 

 light and air is afforded to the trees : it also 



