40 THE FORCING GARDEN. 



each giving annually two ounces of ripe fruit in May, 

 at Qd. per ounce = 61. ; twenty pot Plums, each giving, 

 from the second year onwards, three dozen fruit or 

 more, at 3s. per dozen = say 11L; total amount 291. 

 from this house, which cannot be considered an over- 

 estimate. 



It appears then that within two years from the 

 planting and building of the house the nett cost of it 

 can be realised from its produce, and instead of the 

 profits being less, they will be decidedly more every 

 year afterwards. 



Such a house can be most advantageously used for 

 late Grapes, which would in the course of two years, or 

 at most the third season, produce a remunerative crop 

 of fruit, besides which the floor could be used for other 

 things. 



I HE PEACH AND GRAPE HOUSE COMBINED. 



I am convinced that the same form of house, with 

 a 12-inch high frpnt wall of brick and a row of the 

 sliding shutters such as I have recommended for the 

 early forcing house, can be used for a medium crop of 

 Grapes and early Peaches, by a small heating apparatus 

 and a set of 3-inch pipes running once through the 

 front of the house, i.e. one flow-and-return pipe lying 

 on the floor. This apparatus would cost about 10?., 

 including the fixing, and the advantages of it would be 

 very great, for the Peaches would be much earlier, 

 and of course of more value. And although the 

 vines could not be allowed to cover the roof, nor be 

 closer than five feet apart, with only one fruiting rod 

 allowed to each vine, yet the crops would be nearly as 



