PEACHES AND NECTARINES ARRANGING VARIETIES FOR FORCING. 09 



for early forcing must be well established, have completed their growth early, the 

 wood well ripened, and the buds sound. 



Arrangement. A number of varieties in one house with a view to a long succes- 

 sion of fruit, as is practised against walls outdoors or in cool houses, is inadmissible in 

 forcing. Suppose a house to contain a tree of the following class of peaches : earliest 

 (Alexander), second early (Hale's Early), midseason (Royal George), and late (Late 



Fig. 29. LEAN-TO PEACH HOUSE. (Scale : i- 8 - inch = 1 foot.) 



References : I, main drain ; m, 3-inch border drains; n, rubble drainage ; o, border ; p, "batten paths ; q, 4-inch hot- 

 water pipes ; r, back wall trees ; s, curvilinear trellis trees ; t, shelf for potted strawberry plants ; , moveable roof 

 lights. Another arrangement : v, front trellis ; w, trees with roots passing through openings in the front wall to the 

 outside border (x) ; y, batten pathway ; z, ground level, the paths (p), shelf (t), and trellis (s), being omitted. The 

 arrows show the direct ray of light for reaching the base of the back wall trees. 



Admirable); started at the new year, the fruit will be ripe as follows: Alexander, 

 early in May ; Hale's Early, end of May ; Eoyal George, middle of June ; and Late 

 Admirable, early in July. Each variety affords a supply of fruit over a period of 

 about three weeks ; therefore the succession extends from early in May to late July. 

 However desirable such arrangement may be as a means of supply it is culturably bad, 

 because the ventilation must be free, and the moisture only moderate when the fruit of 



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