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THE GKAPE. 



house against a wall, and fig. 143 represents a span cur- 

 vilinear - roofed 

 house, 20 x 30 

 feet, which we 

 have built upon 

 our own grounds 

 and found very 

 successful. 



Fig. 144 is a 

 representation of 

 a straight - roof 

 house, for cold 

 grapery, taken 

 from Woood- 

 ward's Graperies. 



Position of 

 House. A south 

 or south - east 

 fronting is the 

 best for a lean-to 

 house, and for 

 span roofs a north 

 and south line af- 

 fords the most 

 equal amount of 

 sunlight. 



The border is 

 made for the 

 vines outside the 

 front wall, or part 

 outside and part 

 in, twelve to six- 

 teen feet wide, 

 also two or three 

 deep. This is 

 done by digging a trench or pit the length and width; 



