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in the season, a late autumnal or winter crop may be produced ; 

 and if we take all the blossoms from a strawberry-plant in 

 April, it will produce excellent fruit in November following. 

 In trees and shrubs, by depriving them of their leaves and 

 flowers in spring, or the beginning of summer, they will pro- 

 duce these at different periods, according to their nature, from 

 August to February ; and if protected from the inclemency of 

 the weather at these seasons, would produce fruit. This is easily 

 done with raspberries, currants, gooseberries, and strawberries, 

 as they come into fruit (as I have found on trial) in October 

 and November, and do therefore require little covering. But 

 with most other fruit trees the period is later ; and not only is 

 a covering requisite, but the tree is often so materially injured 

 as to be good for little during some years afterwards ; and 

 sometimes it dies altogether at the time. 



Another method of forcing or producing fruits or vegetables 

 at uncommon seasons is by preservation. Thus currants, some 

 species of green gooseberries, cherries, &c. may be preserved 

 until Christmas, by being covered with mats or cloths, either 

 thrown over the bushes and borne up by them, or fixed on pro- 

 per frames made for the purpose. Roots are preserved in sand 

 or earth, as carrots, potatoes, &c. &c. 



