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The best way is to have the fruit house about 

 18 feet wide; then you can plant the trees down 

 the centre, so that you can have the trelhses built 

 across the house. These may be fastened in 

 either direction and you can tend them from the 

 walks along the sides of the house or the walk 

 may be down the centre of the house. 



Pears may be grown to perfection under glass 

 very readily. The trees are naturally broad and 

 short-jointed in habit of growth. The fruit 

 seems to have an especial liking for under-glass 

 conditions. 



Plums are neither quite so desirable nor so 

 readily managed, but if one has a special fruit 

 house, they may well be included. It is well 

 to grow them, however, in tubs or boxes, as the 

 best results are obtained by allowing the fruit to 

 ripen outside when it has about matured in 

 growth. 



Cherries. — I have never attempted to grow 

 Cherries under glass, but they are grown to 

 some extent. Being less certain than the other 

 things, however, they would seem the last to 

 try. The small trees when they are in bloom 

 are so beautiful that the decorative value of the 

 plants alone is ample reward for their care. 

 Most of the varieties may be grown under glass. 

 They not only give fruit of delicious quality out 



