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easy of attainment, as well as serve to show whether 

 the pipes run in the desired gradual rise with each 

 other the entire length of each row. 



TRELLISES FOR PEACH TREES. 



Trellises for training peach trees should be fixed 

 longitudinally not less than twelve inches from the 

 glass, at intervals of six inches. A cheap, simple, 

 and efficient trellis may be made as follows : Fix 

 a piece of one-and-quarter-inch gas tubing, corre- 

 sponding with the length of rafter up to within one 

 foot of the top of same, to end wall-plate or 

 mullion in front and door-post (where fixed to the 

 end, principal rafter) at twelve inches from the roof 

 glass, with bolts a quarter of an inch thick, tighten- 

 ing these up on the outside by means of nuts, one 

 small plate of iron being placed between each of 

 these and the wood to prevent the nuts cutting into 

 the latter when screwed home, as well as to afford 

 additional strength and durability to the work when 

 completed. This done, place two or three vertical 

 bars (the number being governed by length of rafter) 

 of one inch by a quarter of an inch iron at equal 

 distance from the junction of front with end wall- 

 plates to the door-post, with the irons twisted, 

 cranked about two and a half inches at top, and 

 flattened out a little at each end to admit of their 



