26 Gardening Under Glass 



even more intimately than you have 

 ever known them in your out-of-doors 

 garden. 



For instance, take the matter of ! 



But no! That will have to wait. It 

 is near the middle of the afternoon 

 now, and I have six trees of Apples, 

 nice sun-reddened Baldwins, waiting 

 to be picked, so that will have to go 

 over to the next chapter. 



Do you know of anything that 

 gives as much fun as gathering the 

 fruit you have watched, sprayed, and 

 tended, through the blossoming of 

 spring and the growth of summer? 

 Well, there is one thing to equal it and 

 if you have ever watched fruit trees 

 in tubs under glass slowly awaken 

 house the Jj^^q jjf^ j^j^(| burst iuto a mantle of 



greater part 



of the year, blooui whilc all outsidc is stiU wintry, 

 vou know what it is. 



