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HORTICULTURE 



August 3, 1912 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS 



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Planning a Range of Fruit Houses 



We are in receijjt of communication from W. M. P., 

 Lexington, Ky., respecting the building of a range of 

 fruit houses which are to include 100 feet run each, for 

 grapes, peaches, pot trees and melons. Herewith we 

 make two suggestions of such a lay out with rough 

 sketches. No. 1 shows the peach houses located on the 

 south side, even-span liouses with a center walk having 



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trees on each side. This, it will be noticed, is a 30-foot 

 wide house, while the vineries and pot tree houses are 

 25. To use a center walk in a peach house of less width 

 (ban 30 feet, means cramping the tree very much. One- 

 half of the tree — that next to the glass — has not sufficient 

 room to develop, making it necessary to continually cut 

 back the wood which in turn only makes strong wood 

 of little fruiting value. Allowing 3 feet for a center 



walk reduces the trellis space to 51/2 feet on the side 

 and allows very little head room on the side near the 

 glass. After reaching the center of the tree the head 

 room is more than double. This makes a poorly shaped 

 tree anyhow. The extra width (over 85 feet or more) 

 will be appreciated as the tree develops. 



If the three outer houses are to be the same width 

 use No. 2 sketch, placing the peach house on the north 

 side, and make them % span, placing the walk as fig- 

 ured, near the north and use one tree only on the front 



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ti-elli^. The % span formation will allow of the north 

 side to be trellised and trees can be successfully grown 

 on these. This arrangement of houses will be found 

 very handy to work as each section has outside doors to 

 allow easy access for filling in soil, etc. In each lay- 

 out the melon houses are near the boilers. No. 1 makes 

 the most compact set and could be very attractively built. 

 Another feature is that a complete circuit of the houses 

 can be made without going outside or passing over the 

 same ground a second time. 



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