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sion hooks attached to the wall or gutter-plate close 

 to each row of piers, and returning on either side 

 the central pathway into the main return fixed 

 alongside of the main flow in channel running across 

 the lower end of each separate block of houses. 

 The houses in blocks Nos. 2, 3, and 4 may with 

 advantage be 24 feet wide, the houses in blocks 

 Nos. 2 and 3 being each provided with four rows 

 of 4-inch hot-water pipes. The pipes in block 

 No. 4 need not as a rule be heated, as the succes- 

 sion of ripe fruit can be secured in most seasons 

 from the trees growing in the houses constituting 

 this block unaided by artificial heat; still, some 

 seasons it may be necessary to utilise the hot-water 

 pipes to ripen the fruits of Salway satisfactorily. 

 For information regarding the fixing of the heating 

 apparatus and making the joints, see article under 

 heading of Heating Peach-houses. The preparation 

 of the border (where preparation may be considered 

 necessary), planting and training of the trees, dis- 

 budding, and all other necessary cultural details 

 being the same as already described in this work 

 under separate headings, they need not be further 

 referred to here. 



MARKETING THE FRUIT. 



In marketing the fruit (see note under the head- 

 ing of Packing Fruit for Market) it is a good plan 



