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one in most cases, and why should it not be so under 
similar circumstances to that of the Cherry ? 
Early Gooseberries are sought after more than any 
other fruit, and if there is any doubt about getting 
Gooseberries large enough for tarts by Whitsuntide, 
with numbers of persons it is quite a serious thing ; 
and then, if they can be had, which is not always 
certain, as much as ls. per quart or more must fre- 
quently be given. Now an average sized bush will 
give four or five quarts, and as many as eight or ten 
may be had from a large bush. Suppose, then, a roughly 
built orchard house, say, sixty feet long, sixteen feet 
wide, and seven feet high in the middle, like the sketch 
above, is appropriated to the growing of Gooseberries, 
why should it not pay? The cost of this house will 
be 271., everything complete, of good materials, painted 
with three coats of anti-corrosive paint, glazed with 
2l-ounce glass, 20 by 18, on my plan, and without 
putty. 
This price does not include the cost of the hedge all 
round, which would be about 2/. 12s. for the tree Box 
two feet high, planted one foot apart, forming a close 
hedge at once; 1l. 3s. for the Arborvite, two feet high, 
planted one foot apart ; and 1/. 16s. for the common Yew, 
two feet high, planted one foot six inches apart. But 
of the three I should recommend the Box, and next to 
that the Siberian Arborvite. The Yew is some time 
taking hold. These hedge orchard houses are good 
things for Gooseberry and Plum growing, and if the 
hedges are kept neatly clipped they look exceedingly 
well and form a wall nearly as close as a boarded one, 
so far as observation goes, though they are always open 
sufficiently to admit a softened air current through the 
