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Fig- 57 A Three -Year - Old Peach Orchard in Summer 



Growth 162 



Fig. 58 A Peach Tree Unpruned for Four Years 163 



Fig. 59 A Four- Year-Old Peach Tree Before Pruning .... 164 



Fig. 60 A Four- Year-Old Peach Tree After Pruning 164 



Fig. 6 1 Pear and Quince Trees and Blackberries in the 



Poultry Yard 1 69 



Fig. 62 Plum Trees over Thirty Years Old 173 



Fig. 63 Currant Bushes under Plum and Apricot Trees . . 179 



Fig. 64 A Small Vineyard 1 83 



Fig. 65 Stable Ornamented by a Grapevine Fifty 



Years Old 185 



Fig. 66 Single Grapevine Pruned and Fruiting; Cane Tied 



to the Top Wire 187 



Fig. 67 A Single Vine with Fruit on Top Wire 188 



Fig. 68 Grapevine in the Garden Unpruned for Five 



Years 1 89 



Fig. 69 Grapevine in the Garden after Pruning 190 



Fig. 70 Grapevine in the Garden in September. In full 



Foliage and Fruit 191 



Fig. 71 Sprayed and Unsprayed Vines: First and Third 

 Vines Sprayed; Second and Fourth Un- 

 sprayed 195 



Fig. 72 Trellis with Cross Supports for Raspberry and 



Blackberry Canes 200 



Fig. 73 Trellis Without Cross Supports 200 



Fig. 74 Strawberry Plants in Hills 207 



Fig. 7 5 Strawberry Field Planted in the Double Hedge- 

 Row System 208 



Fig. 76 The Strawberry Harvest 211 



Fig. 77 The Hot-Bed; Note Sash, Mats and Shutters .... 218 



Fig. 78 A Small Greenhouse 218 



Fig. 79 Late Cabbages Following Strawberries. Black- 

 berry Field in the Distance 224 



Fig. 80 A Movable Summer Colony-House for About 

 Fifteen Hens, or a Larger Number of Chick- 

 ens. Open View 242 



Fig. 8 1 Same as Fig. 80. Closed View 242 



Fig. 82 Poultry in the Raspberry Patch 243 



Fig- 8 3 A. Modern Poultry House With Scratching Shed 



Between Two Pens 245 



