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front wall, and the other row near the 

 back wall, against which they are to be 

 trained. 



If early varieties be planted in the 

 front, and the earliest where the flue first 

 enters, these being trained immediately 

 over the flue, and at a small distance 

 above it, will ripen first; and if the lower 

 lights be drawn down in fine weather to 

 the point B, every part of the fruit on the 

 trees, which are trained nearly horizon- 

 tally along the dotted line c, will receive 

 the full influence of the sun. The upper 

 lights must be moved as usual by cords 

 and pulleys, and if these be let down to 

 the point A, after the fruit in the front 

 tree is gathered, every part of the trees 

 on the back wall will be fully exposed to 

 the sun, at any period of the spring and 

 summer after the middle of April, with- 

 out the intervention of the glass. A 

 single fireplace will be sufficient for a 

 house fifty feet long, and the foregoing 

 plan, and dimensions will be found to 

 combine more advantages than can ever 

 be obtained in a higher or wider house. 

 Both the walls and the flue must stand 

 on arches, to permit the roots of the trees 

 to extend themselves in every direction 

 beyond the limits of the walls, for what- 

 ever be the more remote causes of mil- 

 dew, the immediate cause generally ap- 

 pears to be want of moisture beneath the 

 soil, combined with excess of moisture or 

 dampness above it. A bar of wood must 

 extend from B to D, opposite the middle 

 of each lower light, to support it when 

 drawn down. Knight's Select Papers. 



The soil, culture, and pruning are the 

 same as required for those trees grown 

 on walls. 



Forcing in Pots is a very excellent 

 mode, and enables the peach to be thus 

 grown in establishments where there is 

 no regular peach-house. Pot a three- 

 years'-old tree in a twelve-inch pot, cut- 

 ting it back to four buds, and shift every 

 year until it has attained an eighteen- 

 inch pot, a size which need never be ex- 

 ceeded. Let the soil be turfy, and mixed 

 with decaying wood from the bottom of 

 an old wood stock. 



Commencing Forcing and Temperature. 

 The best and most successful direc- 

 tions on these points are the following, 

 given byMr.W.Hutchinson, gardener at 

 Eatington Park. He says : " Bring the 

 trees into the house in mild weather 

 during November, a little earlier or later 



according to the state of the weather ; do 

 not start them all, however, at once ; the 

 last lot need not be put in until the 1st 

 of January. Any later than this would 

 not answer, as the weather, if clear, is 

 then hot through the day ; commence 

 forcing them at 55 at night, allowing the 

 thermometer to fall to 50 in the morn- 

 ing, if ^old , but if tbe weather is mild, 

 never iu fall below 55, and from tbat to 

 60, is the usual temperature kept up 

 throughout the period of forcing during 

 the night. During the day I make up for 

 low night temperature, when I have the 

 chance, by sun heat. Do not be fas- 

 tidious about a few degrees: to get it 

 high enough is the main point, say from 

 70 to 85 and 90, until the fruit is 

 stoned ; then keep them very hot during 

 the day, viz., from 95 to 105, and some- 

 times even as high as 110. Of course a 

 great deal of moisture is required with 

 this high temperature. Syringe over-head 

 twice a day, and sometimes oftener when 

 the air is dry, and you will scarcely ever 

 be troubled with either green fly or red 

 spider. Watering at the root must be 

 carefully attended to ; very little is wanted 

 until the trees get covered with leaves, 

 but after the fruit is stoned they should 

 be watered plentifully. Of course the 

 watering must be gradually withdrawn as 

 the fruit approaches maturity, in order to 

 increase their flavour." Gard. Chron. 



When the blossoms are well opened, 

 impregnation should be aided by applying 

 the pollen with a camel's-hair pencil. 



One essential for securing vigorous 

 production in the peach-house is to have 

 the roots of the trees well nourished. 

 If these are not duly supplied with mois- 

 ture and food during the time the fruit is 

 setting and swelling, a failure of the crop 

 is inevitable. To secure such a supply, 

 it is a most effectual treatment to give 

 the border a top-dressing, at the close of 

 February, of charred turf. Liquid-ma- 

 nure and water, of course, must be given 

 also, as the dryness of the soil and ap- 

 pearance of the trees indicate is necessary. 



Standards. In Essex we have grown 

 the peach successfully, both as a standard 

 and as an espalier, in a garden sloping 

 to the south, and well protected from the 

 east and strong westerly winds. 



PEAK. Py'rus commu'nis. 



Superior Dessert kinds, arranged in the 

 order of ripening. 1, Citron des Carmes; 

 2, Jargonelle; 3, Delice d'Hardenpont ; 



