CHAPTER XIL 



PRELIMINARY HINTS. 



IT is as well for the novice, as already hinted, to bear in 

 mind that fruit growing is a wide term, and covers at 

 least half-a-dozen different and distinct occupations. 

 For it is the Specialists, or those following one branch 

 only, who, as a rule, succeed best. 



There are two great divisions out-door, or hardy 

 fruits, and forced fruits, "under glass." The latter 

 include, first and foremost, the vineries, in which our 

 countrymen throughout the United Kingdom, produce 

 the best grapes in the world. Then " wall fruit," which 

 usually includes peaches, nectarines, and apricots. In 

 these fruits also our market growers beat all competitors. 



"Orchard houses" would be greenhouses usually 

 supplied with artificial heat, growing besides the usual 

 "wall fruit," pears, cherries, and other sorts of choice 

 quality. 



Figs, either trained from outside, like the vine, or 

 in pots, are also grown under glass in increasing 

 quantities. " Green figs " are sent here rather largely 

 from Italy, Jersey, and France, and sell freely through- 

 out the season. They grow easily out-doors along the 

 South Coast. 



