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confining the roots wholly inside. Certainly 

 for early forcing inside borders should be resorted 

 to, but for mid-season and late crops it is im- 

 material, unless the graperies are on low ground 

 — then by all means keep the roots inside. 



The house best adapted for fruit growing is a 

 span roof running north and south, about 

 twenty -five feet in width, with ventilators at 

 both top and bottom. If the natural drainage 

 is good, there is no necessity for going to the 

 expense of putting in artificial drains for the 

 borders. Still it may not be amiss to give an 

 outline of a grape border with bottom drainage. 



Dig out about four feet deep. Lay a tile 

 drain down the centre of house — a three-inch 

 drain preferred. Make sure in laying this drain 

 to have a proper fall through the whole length 

 in order to carry off the water. Make an open- 

 ing into this main drain every fifteen or twenty 

 feet. When this is completed the bottom 

 should be concreted, grading first so that the 

 concrete in centre of border will be six inches 

 lower than the sides: this allows all the water 

 to run into the drains. On the rough concrete 

 add one foot of drainage in the centre, tapering 

 off to six inches at the sides. It is immaterial 

 what kind of drainage one uses — broken bricks 

 will answer the purpose with a thin layer of 



