PLUM ORCHARD HOUSE. 



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THE PLUM HOUSE. 



It is evident on all sides that Plums require quite 

 as much protection while they are in bloom as Peaches, 



END SECTION OF HOUSE. 



FIG. 15. SECTION OF THE FORTY-FEET PLUM ORCHARD HOUSE. 

 . To be glazed with clips without putty. 

 Scale & inch to 1 foot.; 



References to plan. a a, wall ; B B, top ventilators, one foot wide, made to open and 

 shut by rack gearing, the same as for fig. 12 ; cc, one eighteen-inch row of 

 squares along the whole front, permanently glazed into the wood, and not to 

 open ; D D D, one-foot-wide openings all along the front, with a flap shutter hinged 

 below, and fastened at top with buttons ; E E, eighteen-inch close board ; /, the 

 door ; G, the ends, weather- boarded. 



but they do not altogether like a close and confined 

 air ; what is wanted is a fair shelter from the cutting 

 winds in the spring when they are in flower. We do 



