PRODUCE OF ORCHARD HOUSE. 5 



ings, by which the shoots on the spurs are rendered compact 

 and fruitful, are partly described in a work published in 

 1812. This suggested the system put in practice at Chartres 

 very lately. In the orchard house it must soon supersede 

 any other, and is recommended in the eighth edition of Mr. 

 Rivers's excellent work. Of course in the case of Diagonal 

 Training, important modifications have been introduced, ren- 

 dered necessary by the angle af which the trees lie, and also 

 by the exigences of the climate. 



As the French have no cultivation worth mentioning un- 

 der glass (and indeed it is only in England that this inval- 

 uable advantage is properly appreciated), the treatment of 

 these spurs require^ peculiar changes, more especially in the 

 case of potted trees, in which the scientific research of Mr. 

 Rivers has created a new field. 



With respect to the actual results as yet obtained, the back 

 wall of my orchard house, which is a lean-to, produced this 

 year at the rate of three peaches per square foot. 



On this wall alone the produce was at the rate of 600 fine 

 peaches and nectarines (some of the former were nine inches 

 in circumference,) so that a house 100 feet long and propor- 

 tionately broad, might reasonably be expected to produce 

 2000 nectarines and late peaches on the back wall, and at 

 least as many more apricots and mid-season fruits upon the 

 rows of trees in pots. 



Tliis crop, iBy no means an extraordinary one in fair sea- 

 sons, could reasonably be hoped for by following the Cordon 

 Training which is here described. 



One word more as to the expense of orchard houses. At 

 the usual rate, one 30 feet long by 12 broad, should not cost 

 more than X30. The returns for this outlay would be great 

 under fair management, the more so as X 3 or .£4 in addition 

 would be sufficient to stock the house with trees, half of them 

 in bearing state. A week's visit to the Continent would cost 

 quite as much as this handsome ornament to a garden would, 

 and afford, in the course of time, far more real amusement. 



