PEACH GROWING ON OPEN WALLS. 93 



Kingdom, seeing that in every county and parish 

 even in the most northern counties sheltered and 

 sunny situations are to be found, where, we may 

 reasonably assume, are also to be found walls or 

 fences having a south, south-east, south-west, or 

 west aspect. Peaches will also succeed on walls 

 having a due east aspect in the southern and western 

 counties of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. 



The trees should be planted fifteen feet apart, 

 against the wall or fence. Mark with a piece of 

 chalk or charcoal the central position of each tree 

 on the wall or fence at the distance indicated, 

 making a similar mark on both sides of the central 

 mark at 2j feet; put a short stick in the ground 

 at the same distance from the central mark on wall 

 or fence, and then strike a curvilinear line touching 

 all three points, thus giving a semicircular sweep 

 of five feet. Excavate this prescribed space to the 

 depth of 2j feet, putting the good soil (top spit) on 

 one side and the bad on the other for removal. 

 Put six inches deep of brickbats or clinkers in the 

 bottom of each hole, breaking these fairly fine on 

 the top for drainage ; cover this with thin turfs, 

 grass side down, to prevent the soil getting into, 

 and thereby choking, the drainage. Assuming the 

 natural soil to be unsuitable to the requirements of 

 the peach as a rooting and sustaining medium, the 

 best turfy loam obtainable should be used, and 



