6 THE BOOK OF THE PEACH. 



factory in every way as will the more expensive and 

 ornamentally constructed peachery. But where wall- 

 space having an aspect facing due south, south-east, 

 or south-west is available, there is no more suitable 

 description of peach-house for the production of early 

 peaches that is, peaches to be ripe at the end of 

 April or early in May than that known as the "lean- 

 to" (see Figs. 3 and 4). Of course, peaches to be ripe 

 during June and the four following months may be 

 and are successfully grown in the same description 

 of houses lean-to's. A house having a south-east 

 aspect is preferable to one facing due south for the 

 production of early peaches, inasmuch as the roof- 

 glass will be fully exposed to the sun's rays from 

 the time the sun rises late in the morning until it 

 goes down early in the afternoon during the winter 

 and early spring months : a period of time when the 

 trees, being forced, derive as they do during the 

 summer months great benefit from the combined 

 influence of increased light and a more genial atmo- 

 sphere resulting from the sun-warmed houses. 



The next best form of peach-house for walled-in 

 gardens is that known as " hip-roof," or " three- 

 quarter span" (see Fig. 3). This shape of house is 

 absolutely necessary where only low walls are avail- 

 able in order to secure a proper length of rafters and 

 consequently due trellis space for the trees to extend 

 their growth on. This description of house affords 



