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equal to those outside ; I can give strong evidence to 

 the contrary. In my house there was a small Louise 

 Bonne on the quince stock, in an 11 -inch pot; it bore 

 twenty-three splendid pears, as far superior to the same 

 fruit grown in the open air as it was possible to be. 

 They were not, I admit, high-coloured, but they at- 

 tained a richness and flavour that I thought Louise 

 Bonne did not possess.' 



The pear trellis, of which the section and front view 

 (figs. 8 and 9) will give a correct idea, is of the most 

 simple description. A row of larch or oak posts must 

 be driven into the ground six feet apart, and another row 

 in front ; on these should be nailed plates, three inches 

 by two, and then bars, three inches by one, placed 

 flatwise from front plates to back three feet apart ; 

 across these common tiling laths should be nailed six 

 inches asunder. This will form the trellis as seen in 

 fig. 9. The supports for the lights are formed in the 

 same manner by a row of posts at the back and the 

 same for the front, on which are nailed plates of the 

 same dimensions as those for the trellis ; a crosspiece 

 should be nailed to front and back plates at each end, 

 to keep the supports for the lights from giving way. 

 The structure with the lights, when resting on the 

 back and front plates, has exactly the appearance of a 

 large garden frame without back, front, or ends. 

 Under the . lights the trellis is formed with a sharp 

 slope upwards to the back : for unless the front of the 

 trellis is within six inches of the ground it will be 



