SHAPE, ETC., OF PEACH-HOUSE. 5 



The peach and nectarine require the same cultural 

 treatment, therefore the remarks herein made on the 

 peach will apply equally to the nectarine. Although 

 there is a great difference between the fruits of the 

 peach and nectarine in size, colour, and flavour, 

 the distinction ends here, inasmuch as in habit of 

 growth, size, form, and colour of leaves the trees 

 of both are identical ; but, unlike all other kinds of 

 fruit whose seeds may be relied upon to reproduce 

 trees or plants of the respective kinds, a peach-stone 

 is as likely as not to produce a nectarine, and vice 

 versa. (See Figs, i and 2. Fig. i represents a com- 

 posite fruit, part peach and part nectarine; Fig. 2 

 represents a peach and nectarine fruit on the same 

 branch.) Hence it is that quantities of both species 

 have to be raised by budding them on the plum 

 stock. 



SHAPE, SIZE, AND ASPECT OF THE 

 PEACH-HOUSE. 



The shape and form of the peach-house, as well as 

 the aspect, should be determined by circumstances. 

 They may vary as much as do the taste and means 

 of the individual owners, and yet be capable of 

 producing first-rate crops of high-quality peaches. 

 The plain and cheap, but nevertheless substantial, 

 structure will, under the same conditions, yield 

 crops of peaches and nectarines as good and satis- 



