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be lifted biennially ; but pears on quince stocks will 

 be sure to bear abundantly. 



These dwarf walls, when covered with well-trained 

 trees, have a neat and charming effect ; and the trees 

 may be so easily protected by sticking branches of 

 evergreens in the ground and letting them rest against 

 the wall, or by wooden shutters, placed on the ground 

 at an angle so as to rest against the wall; but I 

 intend to be more luxurious, and to have cheap glass 

 lights, in lieu of shutters, placed against the walls, 

 and suffered to remain, so as to cover the trees till the 

 fruit is fully formed, or till the first week in June, 

 when all fear of damage from frost is over. 



Where two or more walls are built, or a square 

 piece of ground devoted to them, a cross wall or 

 walls should be built at the north-east end, to prevent 

 the sharp current of wind from the north-east, which 

 would blow up the intervals between the walls with 

 great violence. It is surprising what a quantity of 

 fruit may be grown on a small space of ground with 

 the aid of these walls ! Peaches, nectarines, and 

 apricots may be grown on the S. E. aspect, but the 

 trees must be kept in check by biennial removal. I 

 have at this moment more than two thousand yards in 

 length of them, and I intend to add to them annually, 

 so convinced am I of their economy and utility. They 

 seem to me most particularly suited to suburban, 

 or what are commonly called cockney gardens. How 

 pleasant to be able to have a brick wall twenty yards 

 long for six pounds, or ten yards long for three 

 pounds ! and how delightful to be able to grow one ? s 

 own " wall fruit !" On a wall ten yards long, five 



