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much, that, independently of other consequences, they would i-ender it alto- 

 gether unfit for the culture of culinary vegetables. We therefore propose to 

 have no standards, but only trees trained against the walls, or boundary 

 fences, and on the trellis-work. On the latter, we propose to train goose- 

 berries, currants, and raspberries, and one or two apples and pears ; and on 

 the walls, peaches, nectarines, grapes, figs, apricots, cherries, and plums. 



134. The walls. — We shall suppose that one of the side walls faces the 

 south, and is 100 ft. long and 7 ft. high. On this may be placed ten trees, to 

 each of which there will be 70 superficial feet of walling; and a vine may be 

 placed at each end, and one in the middle, from each of which a single shoot 

 may be trained close under the coping of the wall, so as never to interfere 

 with the other fruit-trees. The peaches, in order to prolong the season of 

 that fruit, may be the red nutmeg, which ripens in July, and is hardy, but 

 bears small fruit ; or the early Anne, which ripens in August, and bears very 

 good fruit, but is rather tender ; the grosse mignonne, and the bellegarde, 

 both ripening in September ; and the late admirable, ripening in Octobei-. 

 The nectarines may be the Elruge and the violet hative, both ripening in 

 August; the Pitmaston orange (September); and the late yellow, which, 

 though not common in this country, is of good flavour, and a very good 

 bearer, ripening in October. The best dark fig is the brown Turkey ; and 

 the hardiest and most abundant bearer amongs,t the light-coloured figs, is the 

 small green; or the Brunswick, or the large blue or purple fig, both which 

 produce very excellent fruit, and are very hardy and very prolific, may be 

 substituted. The grapes may be the royal muscadine, the black sweetwater, 

 and the esperione, which is one of the greatest bearers in the open air. In 

 favourable situations, the red Frontignan will also ripen against a wall with 

 a south aspect in the climate of London, and it has a very excellent flavour, 

 even when grown out of doors. The wall having an east or west aspect, may 

 be planted with the large early apricot, which ripens about the middle of 

 July, the Moorpark (beginning of August), and the Turkey, which ripens 

 about the end of August, or later. For the wall with a northern exposure, 

 we would recommend the May duke and morello cherries, the one the 

 earliest, the other the latest sort ; the bigarreau couleur de chair, and the 

 black Tartarian, a large cherry of the very richest flavour, and which will 

 hang on the tree, if covered with a net, till September. The best and most 

 useful plums are, the green gage, Washington, Coe's golden drop, Orleans, 

 and the white magnum bonum, or the diamond plum, the latter being a very 

 large and handsome fruit. 



135. The irelUs (which may be arranged as in fig. 34. in p. 71.) will be 

 above 200 ft. in length ; and, as we suppose it to be only a single trellis, that 

 is, one which is calculated for having the trees trained on only one side, it 

 may be planted on the north side of the garden, where it is most exposed to 

 the sun, with pears ; at the two ends with apples ; and on the south side with 

 gooseberries, currants, and raspberries. Eight pears will be suflScient ; and 

 these may be the jargonelle, Marie Louise, Eyewood, beurre Diel, gluut 

 morceau, Chaumontelle, beurre de Ranz, and Easter beurre ; all excellent 

 pears, quite hardy, and good bearers. The first ripens in August and the 

 last may be gathered in November, and will keep in sand or in fern, packed 

 in jars set in a cool cellar, till May or June, or indeed till pears come again. 

 The other sorts are placed in the order of their ripening. The apples may 



