PEARS GROWING IN POTS. 145 



CULTIVATION UNDER GLASS. 



Splendid fruits are produced by trees grown in pots, flowered, and kept in a cool 

 house until the weather becomes settled in June, when they are placed in a sheltered 

 yet sunny position outdoors, plunging the pots to the rims in ashes to keep the trees 

 steady and save watering. A crop of high-quality pears is secured by this method 

 almost with certainty. Surface feeding is an absolute necessity for trees in pots, 



Fig. 39. PEAK HOUSE AT LAMBTOX CASTLE GARDENS. (From the Journal of Horticulture.} 



manure and turfy loam being placed on the surface and retained by zinc collars about 

 4 inches deep placed inside the rims, or strips of slate inserted round the edge of the 

 pot. This considerably enlarges the rooting area, the trees and fruit receiving more 

 nourishment accordingly. Mr. J. Hunter, of Lambton Castle gardens, has grown a fruit 

 of the Bern-re* Diel pear which weighed 36 ounces, gathered from a potted tree. The 

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