This tree is peculiarly liable while young, but more especially when
coming into bearing, to be roughly handled by our winters. The bark at
the surface of the ground splits, and often the trunk, enfeebling the
tree and sometimes destroying it. The evil does not result from the
cold, but from the action of bright suns upon the frozen trunk. Let
those having valuable young trees, prepare them for winter by giving a
cheap covering to the trunks, so that the sun shall not strike them.
This may be done by tying about them bass matting, long straw,
corn-stalks, or any similar protection.