154 PEACH CULTURE. 



From this figure it is readily seen that all the space is 

 covered with bearing wood, and is renewed from year to 

 year by cutting out old twigs, and supplying their places 

 with new ones. To the inexperienced and timid, this is 

 quite a task, but a little practice will soon make it an in- 

 teresting and agreeable labor. 



The method we have just described is equally well suit- 

 ed to trellis, wall or peach-house culture. In the last case, 

 the branches are fastened to the rafters of the glass roof, 

 or an inside trellis-work attached to them, and should be 

 from eight inches to a foot below the glass. 



CHAPTER XXVHI. 



THE PEACH-HOUSE. 



The peach-house is to the peach what the grapery is to 

 the vine. The object is to protect the tree from external 

 cold, or stimulate it by artificial heat, or both. The style 

 of the building varies according to the taste of the pro- 

 prietor. The simplest are generally the best. For persons 

 who are familiar with graperies and green-houses, no de- 

 scription or instruction will be necessary ; but for those 

 who have no knowledge of the matter, the following 

 hints may be useful. 



If it be intended to use artificial heat, in order not only 

 to protect the fruit from killing frosts, but also to stimu- 

 late the trees, and accelerate early ripening, the builder 

 must determine on a plan for the whole, and which must 

 harmonize throughout. He will first consider how many 

 trees for which he has to provide space, then, whether or 

 not that space can be properly heated with one furnace; 



