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CHAPTER VI1L 

 PEACHES AND NECTARINES* 



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SECTION I. 



On the Corijl ruff ion of the Peacb'-Houfe. 



THE conflruftion of the compartments 

 for forcing this much-admired and 

 juflly-efteemed fruit, vary yefc more than 

 that of the grape-houfe ; and what I have 

 advanced in the firft Sedion of the Chapter 

 on Grapes, will equally apply here. But there 

 are fome kinds of compartments for the 

 cultivation of peaches in ufe, which I dif- 

 approve of, and would wifh to point out. 

 Thefe are, oiled-paper frames, and frames 

 placed againft flued walls, without front 

 flues. I obje6t to the firft, on account of 

 its darknefs, and incapability of admitting 

 the rays of light, and free air ; both of 

 which are fo indifpenfably neceflary to the 

 health and vigour of the trees : to the fe- 

 cond, becaufe the front is the moft valuable^ 



flue: 



