106 HINTS ON PROFITABLE FRUIT GROWING. 



"All who wish to enjoy this fine show of peaches, necta 

 rines, etc., should pay a visit about midsummer and see for 

 themselves, as Messrs. T. Burton and Son do not wish to ' hide 

 their light under a bushel,' but are willing to impart to visitors 

 any information they might be seeking as to the construction 

 of the houses, and the varieties most suitable to grow of 

 peaches and nectarines, which are made a speciality there." 



FRENCH MARKET GARDENING. 



The following is taken from a pamphlet on " French 

 Market Gardening," by Mr. H. M. Jenkins, the late secretary 

 of the Koyal Agricultural Society. It shows clearly to 

 what a pitch of productiveness land in such temperate 

 climates as our own can be brought. It was written nearly 

 ten years ago for the "Koyal Agricultural Society's Journal" 

 for 1880 ; and the whole of this article is worthy of careful 

 perusal : 



14 The market gardens within the ' enceinte * of Paris occupy an 

 area of nearly 3,500 acres. The largest are about 2 acres in 

 extent, and the smallest are scarcely more than an acre. The 

 gardener is not often the owner of his land, and the rent paid 

 varies chiefly with the distance of the garden from the central 

 market (Halle] of Paris. Each garden has attached to it a 

 dwelling-house, a stable, a cart shed, and an elevated reservoir 

 of water, generally supplied from a well, the water being 

 pumped up daily by horse-power. An abundant supply of 

 water, which can be economically distributed as required by 

 means of numerous hydrants and attached rose, is an essential 

 element of success, and forms invariably one of the most 

 important adjuncts to the garden. The system of cultivation 

 is essentially a forcing one, with a view to bring vegetables of 

 all kinds, very early in the year, to the Paris market. The 

 land itself plays, comparatively speaking, a subordinate part 

 in the growth of the crops, its place being taken by a mixture 

 of earth and compost manure known as terreau, which cannot 

 be properly made in less than four years, and beneath which a 

 layer of long manure is placed. The garden is, therefore, a 

 great hot-bed covered more or less with glass in the coldest 

 months, but of course open to the sun and air in summer. 



" The first garden which I visited at Vaugirard is in the 



