iqo THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Cool Hotises. Simple lean-to houses against south-east, south, or south-west walls 

 answer admirably. The main points to attend to are thorough ventilation, well-drained 

 borders, and adequate supplies of water. The roof lights should be moveable, and the 

 front and top lights open the whole length of tiie house. What are termed wall cases, 

 (i feet in width, accommodate trees on the wall, and others on a lo\v trellis in front, say 

 to the extent of one-third the distance up the sloping roof. These may be cordons and if 

 properly restricted at the roots, they bear satisfactorily. It is better, however, to have 

 trees with stems the height of the front lights or side of the hoiise. and train the bearing 

 parts to a trellis fixed 9 to 12 inches from the glass. This gives less space, but the fruit 

 is much finer than that produced by trees trained to the wall. When the house is 10 

 feet or more in width, bush, pyramid, or low-stemmed trees with round heads may be 

 grown with great advantage, either planted out, or in pots or tubs at the tront, and so 

 arranged as not to deprive the trees on the back wall of too much light. 



Span-roofed houses, with the ends north and south, or between north-east and south- 

 west, are unquestionably the best for trees in standard form, a row of tall trees being dis- 

 posed up the centre, and dwarfer on each side of the house. If grown in pots, it matters 

 little what form the trees are in, nor what height or width the house, provided it is light 

 and airy in the broadest sense ; the chief objects of growing plums under glass are to 

 ensure crops independent of the weather, and to have a prolonged supply of superior 

 fruit. 



A simple orchard house, with boarded sides, hinged boards opening the full length of 

 the house, and the roof glazed with large panes of glass answers admirably for growing 

 plum trees in pots. 



Varieties. With a proper selection of varieties, a supply of fruit may be had from 

 an unheated house from the beginning of July to November. Some of the culinary 

 plums attain to a great size under glass, and are useful for dessert, exhibition, or kitchen 

 use. A dozen varieties of each class, named in their order of ripening, are : Dessert : 

 Early Favourite, Oullins Golden, De Montfort, Denniston's Superb, Early Transparent 

 Gage, Jefferson, Green Gage, Purple Gage, Transparent Gage, Kirke's, Coe's Golden 

 Drop, and Ickworth Imperatrice. Kitchen : Early Prolific, Czar, Heron, Belgian Purple, 

 Prince Engelbert, Washington, Victoria, Pond's Seedling, White Magnum Bonum, 

 Monarch, Archduke, and Grand Duke. 



Culture. Whether the trees are planted out or grown in pots, they require similar 

 general management. The soil should bo rather stiffer and richer for pots than for 



