FRUIT FOR SALE UNDER GLASS CULTURE. 311 



fruit seldom brings more than 6s. per dozen from mid July to the middle of September, 

 while large well-grown late fruits may realise 8s. to 12s. per dozen in some seasons. 



Pears. Fruit from trees grown under glass is, as a rule, more imposing in appear- 

 ance than superior in quality. In cold districts the fruit from trees kept under glass 

 is large, highly-coloured, and well flavoured, but in most localities it is better to grow 

 the trees in pots, place them in the house for blossoming and setting the fruit, and 

 transfer them outdoors at the end of May or early in June. The method is shown in 



Fig. 70. PEAE TBEES IN Pore. (From the Gardeners' Magazine.) 



the illustration (Fig. 70), from a photograph taken in Mr. Rivers' nursery, and which 

 we are enabled, by the courtesy of the proprietors of the Gardeners' Magazine, to repro- 

 duce. Grape-vines may then be grown beneath the roof in the summer, making the 

 most of the sun-heat. The combination has proved remunerative a crop of pears being 

 secured on the removed trees, while the grapes cover the expenses of cultivation, and 

 sometimes leave a margin of profit. Large, highly-coloured, clear-skinned pears bring 

 from Id. to Is. or more each. 



