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one in most cases, and why should it not be so under 

 similar circumstances to that of the Cherry ? 



Early Gooseberries are sought after more than any 

 other fruit, and if there is any doubt about getting 

 Gooseberries large enough for tarts by Whitsuntide, 

 with numbers of persons it is quite a serious thing ; 

 and then, if they can be had, which is not always 

 certain, as much as Is. per quart or more must fre- 

 quently be given. Now an average sized bush will 

 give four or five quarts, and as many as eight or ten 

 may be had from a large bush. Suppose, then, a roughly 

 built orchard house, say, sixty feet long, sixteen feet 

 wide, and seven feet high in the middle, like the sketch 

 above, is appropriated to the growing of Gooseberries, 

 why should it not pay ? The cost of this house will 

 be 27L, everything complete, of good materials, painted 

 with three coats of anti-corrosive paint, glazed with 

 21-ounce glass, 20 by 18, on my plan, and without 

 putty. 



This price does not include the cost of the hedge all 

 round, which would be about 21. 12s. for the tree Box 

 two feet high, planted one foot apart, forming a close 

 hedge at once ; II. 3s. for the Arborvitae, two feet high, 

 planted one foot apart ; and ll. 16s. for the common Yew, 

 two feet high, planted one foot six inches apart. But 

 of the three I should recommend the Box, and next to 

 that the Siberian Arborvitse. The Yew is some time 

 taking hold. These hedge orchard houses are good 

 things for Gooseberry and Plum growing, and if the 

 hedges are kept neatly clipped they look exceedingly 

 well and form a wall nearly as close as a boarded one, 

 so far as observation goes, though they are always open 

 sufficiently to admit a softened air current through the 



