202 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. [chap. vii. 
are expanded. This is not only to protect 
the blossoms from the frost, but to save them 
from the withering effect of the sun, which 
is as injurious to them after a frosty night as 
the frost itself. In fact* when tender trees 
are covered with hoar-frost, they may some¬ 
times be saved if shaded till they have 
thawed; but they are always killed if ex¬ 
posed, while the frost is on them, to the sun. 
Bunting is preferable to matting or canvass; 
because it is thinner and does not entirely 
exclude the light and air, because it is more 
easily put up and taken down, and takes up 
less room when stowed away, and because it 
is cheaper, four square yards costing only 
two shillings at Edgington’s, the marquee- 
maker. 
Kinds of Wall-Fruit Trees , 8fc .—The prin¬ 
cipal fruits grown against a w r all in England 
are those containing stones; and of these the 
most valuable are the peach, the nectarine, 
and the apricot. The other stone fruits, 
such as the plum and the cherry, are fre¬ 
quently growm against a wall, but they are 
grown also as standards: as are the kernel 
fruits, such as the apple and pear; the apple 
