CORDON PEARS ON TRELLISES UNDER GLASS. 33 



in this respect. I have, however, very recently re- 

 ceived the following communication from a very 

 clever fruit-cultivator living in Ireland : 



" Let no one persuade you that pears grown in a 

 well-ventilated orchard-house are not equal to those 

 outside ; I can give strong evidence to the contrary. 

 In my house there was a small Louise Bonne on the 

 quince stock, in an 11-inch pot ; it bore 23 splendid 

 pears, as far superior to the same fruit grown in the 

 open air, as it was possible to be. They were not, I 

 admit, high-colored, but they attained a richness and 

 flavor that I thought Louise Bonne did not possess." 



The pear trellis, of which the section and front view 

 (Figs. 8 and 9) will give a correct idea, is of the most 

 simple description. A row of larch or oak posts must 

 be driven into the ground 6 feet apart, and another 

 row in front ; on these should be nailed plates, 3 

 inches by 2, and then bars, 3 inches by 1, placed flat- 

 wise, from front plates to back, 3 feet apart ; across 

 these, common tiling laths should be nailed, six inches 

 asunder. This will form the trellis, as seen in Fig. 

 9. The supports for the lights are formed in the same 

 manner, by a row of posts at the back, and the same 

 for the front, on which are nailed plates of the same 

 dimensions as those for the trellis ; a cross-piece should 

 be nailed to front and back plate at each end, to keep 

 the supports for the lights from giving way. The 

 structure with the lights, when resting on the back 

 and front plates, has exactly the appearance of a large 

 garden frame without back, front, or ends. Under 

 the lights the trellis is formed with a sharp slope up- 

 ward to the back ; for unless the front of the trellis 



