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THE FRUIT GARDEN 



Fig. s. — Span-Roof Peach-House 

 (In Section) 



upper back wall surface may be utilised, the front trellis should only be carried 



half up the rafter. The front trellis wires should be nearer the glass than the 



vine trellis, but generally it is best to have a " drum trellis " here with full space 



between it and the front to allow a free passage. The back wall should be wired 



about 6 inches clear, 

 and the wires here, as 

 well as in front, about 6 

 inches apart. Fig. 4 is 

 a section of a lean-to 

 peach-house with drum 

 trellis, the width shown 

 being 15 feet, and six 

 rows of 4-inch pipes. 



When it is necessary 

 to adopt the semi-span 

 form for a peach-house, 

 the north rafter should 

 be short in order not to 

 limit the wall space for 

 the back trees. 



The span - roofed 



form of peach-house is frequently adopted, the aspect being, of course, north 



and south, with the lower section only wired on each side, or, better still, 



a curved trellis. Very good results have been obtained by having in a span 



peach-house screen cross trellising — that is, below each rafter, say 5 or 6 feet 



apai-t, a trellis from the front to the path, as illustrated in Fig. 5. 

 Melon, Cucumber, and 



Tomato Houses. — Melon 



and cucumber houses are 



practically on the lines of the 



ordinary forcing- house, and 



may be anything from lo to 



1 5 feet wide ; 1 3 feet may 



be taken as a fair average, 



giving 3 feet for the passage, 



4 feet for the bed each side, 



and allowing I foot for the 



side framework. Fig. 6 shows 



a section of this house, with 



side walls 3 feet high and 2J 



feet of glasswork, giving 5 J 



feet to the eaves. The roof 



should have a pitch of about 34 degs. The bed walls should be 2| feet above 



the floor level, and go down about 2 feet below so as to form a channel for 



pipes, which may be partly leaders for supplying a section of the house or may 



be altogether for surface heat. 



Fig. 6. — Melon or Cucumber House 

 (In Section) 



