88 THE BOOK OF THE PEACH. 



No. 4 house with Dagmar, Crimson Galande, 

 Dymond, and Royal George Peaches; 

 and Dryden, Pineapple, and Newton 

 Nectarines. 



Thus planted, block No. i would give a succes- 

 sion of ripe fruit extending over three weeks. Blocks 

 Nos. 2 and 3 may be similarly planted, but block 

 No. 4 should be planted as follows: 



No. i house with Grosse Mignonne, Dymond, 

 and Prince of Wales Peaches; Stan wick 

 Elruge and Pineapple Nectarines. 

 No. 2 house with Noblesse, Violette Hative, and 

 Lady Palmerston Peaches ; Milton and 

 Humboldt Nectarines. 



No. 3 house with Barrington and Princess of 

 Wales Peaches; Spenser and Darwin 

 Nectarines. 



No. 4 house with Sea Eagle (mostly), Walburton 

 Admirable, and one or two trees of 

 Salway Peaches and Victoria Nectarines. 

 No. i block of houses should be closed for forcing 

 the first week in December, each of the other blocks 

 being closed at intervals of about three weeks re- 

 spectively; the fourth block would therefore be 

 closed the middle of February. 



The houses in block No. i should be 18 feet 

 wide, these being provided with four rows of 4-inch 

 hot-water piping each, the flows resting on suspen- 



