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abundance of air and water, with a daily syringing of 

 the trees as soon as the flowering is over, must be the 

 chief business in Cherry growing under glass. Dwarf 

 bushes for pots may be had at the nurseries for about 

 Is. 6d. each out of pots, and in pots at 2s. 6d. or so 

 each. So much for Cherry growing. Now I come to 

 what may be called a novel affair. 



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Gooseberries can be and are forced in some few lordly 

 places ; but us a rule this is new from a commercial 

 point of view. However, I feel convinced not only of 



FIG. 17. SECTION OF A SIXTY-FEET HALF-SPAN ROOF HEDGE GOOSEBERRY HOUSE 



References to house. a a, roof glazed into fixed rafters, twenty inches apart; BB, 

 tbe walls all round of Yew, Cupressus, or Artorvitae, and kept clipped ; c, a section 

 of the ventilator all along the half roof, two feet wide, opened by rack gearing. 



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its utility, but also of its commercial benefit to the 

 grower. The crop is both a certain and a remunerative 



