142 Gardening Under Glass 



It does not take a very large house to have an 

 under-glass orchard, even where the trees are 

 planted in the soil and grow there undisturbed 

 year after year. These trees are trained to grow 



on trellises. 

 They are 

 spread out fan- 

 shaped, so that 

 every fruit is 

 kissed by the 

 sun, on both 

 cheeks, every 

 day. If you 

 have neve r 

 done it, you 

 cannot imagine 

 what fun there 

 is in training 

 the growing 

 trees — pinch- 

 ing the plant 

 back here and 

 there until you 

 have it where 

 you want it, making it grow out sideways, or up, 

 or down, until you have a framework after your 

 own design or pattern, on which the tempting 

 fruits will hang. 



This shows cross-section of a special fruit 

 house. Note that the concrete bottom forms 

 a basin to hold the rich plant soil. The trans- 

 verse wire screens ar>e used to train the fruit 

 trees on. 



