— 336 ReporT OF THE ACTING HorTICcULTURIST. 
TEST OF PLANT PROTECTOR. 
The Station received in the spring of 1889 from Sherman & 
Crouch, Sidney, N. Y., a patent plant protector, a very simple 
affair made of four flat stakes sharpened at one end, with;prepared 
cloth tacked on the sides and top and two thin pieces of wood to 
fit between the stakes when open to keep the protector rigid. 
They are of great utility in protecting plants of the cucurbit class 
from the ravages of insects, the larger size also for protecting 
early tomatoes, ege plants, etc, and if they can be furnished at 
prices that will enable market gardeners to use them, they should 
come into general use. 
