PROTECTORS FOR PEAR TREES. 



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to form the roof, the like material "brought round the 

 sides and fastened to the stakes by small nails or 

 tacks, from within eighteen inches of the ground to 

 within eight inches of the top, thus leaving a space 

 between the top and side covering for free ventila- 

 tion, as the air when heated by the sun will rush out 

 of the aperture at top in a continual stream. These 

 flat-roofed square tents will generally insure a crop of 

 fruit. 



Pea-sticks — *. e., stakes with the small brushwood 

 on them — stuck round each tree, and spruce or other 

 fir branches where these can be procured, are also good 

 protectors. For bush trees hay is a capital protector, 

 particularly from those still hoar frosts which are gen- 

 erally so destructive ; it should be strewed lightly over 

 them when they are just commencing to blossom. If 

 some brushwood sticks are placed round the bush so 

 as to lean over it, the hay will adhere to the spray, 



THE TIFFANY-HOUSE PKOTECTOK. 



Section of Tiffany-house. 



and remain undisturbed by the wind. Tiffany may 

 be used to throw over pear bushes ; it is so light that 

 it does no injury to the tender blossoms ; it should be 

 taken off on sunny days. There is, perhaps, no better 



