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with foliage, there is very little gained by training either peaches 

 or vines on the back wall. 



The principal use to which back-wall trellises may be profita- 

 bly turned, is for the cultivation of figs, which are found to do 

 much better than peaches under the shade of others. 



The trellis, whatever its form, should be as near to the glass 

 as possible, and placed so as to command the full influence of 

 the light entering the house. When the vines are trained upon 

 the single rafter trellis, Fig. 28, A, leaving the middle of the 

 lights open, for the free admission of light to plants beneath, then 

 the curvilinear trellis may be introduced into the centre of the 

 house, as represented at a, Fig. 29, from which good peaches 

 and nectarines may be obtained, providing the sashes be kept 

 open in the middle, as already stated, for the admission of the 

 unobstructed light. 



Fig. 28. 

 A. B. C. 



The most common method of fixing the roof trellis is by studs, 

 Fig. 28, B, screwed into the rafter, about eight inches distant. 

 Each stud is provided with an eye, or hole, at the extremity, 

 through which the wire is passed, and tightened at both ends 

 by screws and nuts. The studs should not be less than twelve 

 inches in length, so as to afford room for the foliage to expand 

 itself fully, without coming in contact with the glass, which, 

 when moistened with the condensed vapor, is apt to scald the 

 leaves that happen to be touching it. The wires forming the 

 trellis are stretched horizontally from both ends of the roof, at 

 about nine inches distant. 



Instead of studs screwed into the rafter, the horizontal wires 

 may be fixed, and kept in their places, by rods of iron, having 

 holes for the wires passing through, at regular distances. These 



