388 DISTRIBUTION OF FRUIT TREES IN A KITCHEN GARDEN". 



Fig. 332. 



3 L 



100 



Plan of a kitchen garden, containing one acre 

 within the walls, and three-quarters of an acre 

 in the slips, at the two ends. 



g, Peach-house. 

 h, Vinery. 

 i, i, Pits. 

 Back-shed. 

 Z, Sheds for mush- 

 rooms, or for other 

 purposes. 

 m, Water-basins. 



The Distribution of Fruit 

 trees in a Kitchen 

 garden. 



The more delicate 

 fruit trees are always 

 placed against walls, and 

 those which are less so 

 are planted in the open 

 garden as standards, 

 dwarfs, or espaliers. 

 South of London the 

 trees planted against 

 walls are chiefly the 

 grape, fig, peach, nec- 

 tarine, and apricot. 

 Sometimes there are 

 planted against walls of 

 a south aspect, one or 

 two choice plums, or a 

 few cherries to come into 

 early bearing; and on 

 the north side of an east- 

 and-west wall, some Mo- 

 rello cherries and some- 

 times currants, to come 

 in late ; the fruit being 

 covered with netting, to 

 preserve it from birds, 

 and so retain it on the 

 trees till Christmas. 

 E North of London, pears, 

 I and apples of the finer 

 kinds, are trained against 

 walls ; and north of 

 York, even the mul- 

 berry, which in Scot- 

 land never ripens fruit 

 as a standard. Nuts, 

 such as the walnut and 



