Excerpt from Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in All Its Branches, Vol. 39Glass copings. - The season will soon come round when protection for trees on walls will be called into request. All will agree that some kind of protection is necessary (except in the most favourable localities, such as near the sea, &c.) for such fruits as Apricots, Peaches, and, in fact, for Pears in many places. During the last two years I have used glass copings for protecting fruit trees when in bloom. I must confess that previous to this time I had not much faith in glass copings. My coping is over Apricot trees.

It is supported on the underside by strong iron brackets, which have an eye to them at the end and just under the edge of the glass large enough for an iron gas pipe to drop into. This pipe is in lengths to keep the whole lot together. We have an iron rod just large enough to go inside of the pipe. This passes down each end several inches, then the two lengths are pushed together, thus forming a joint. To this pipe I hang strong cotton and wool netting by rings. These curtains are strained to strong pegs driven into the ground, and tied to these pegs by strong tar string. Protection is not afforded till there is a danger of the frost destroying the bloom, and when put on it is allowed to remain till there is no danger of frost injuring the fruit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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