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be the same, except that the roof should be wired more 

 closely for peaches than for vines. However, in those 

 days of clear glass, making hothouses much lighter 

 than they could be made in time past, I would recom- 

 mend the arranging of the trees as shown in fig. 14. 

 The curved trellis in the centre of the house, with room 

 between it and the front of the house, gives great con- 

 venience and facility for attending in every way to the 

 trees. At the same time, the greater part of the back 

 wall can be covered also, thus giving a larger fruit- 

 bearing surface than when the trees are trained closely 

 up all the way under the roof The arrangement shown 

 in fig. 14 gives a greater variety of position and tem- 

 perature, and consequently a longer succession of ripe 

 fruit. The quantity of pipes for peach-forcing need 

 scarcely be so much as for the vine. Four rows of 

 4-inch pipes along the front and both ends of a lean-to 

 house 16 feet wide, will be sufficient. A steaming-tray 

 should also be attached to the pipes. 



I have ripened peaches in April in houses not more 

 than 8 feet wide — mere glass cases; but such small 

 houses are so very easily influenced by the fluctuations 

 of the weather, that they should never be adopted. And 

 a house of the dimensions of fig. 14, 1 consider not too 

 large. But this is a matter that admits of modification, 

 according to circumstances. 



PBACH-HOTJSE WHEN EIPE PEACHES ARE NOT EEQUIEED 

 BEFORE JULY. 



When ripe peaches are not required before July, the 

 span-roofed form of house, the same as has been recom- 

 mended for late vineries, p. 59, is the best. It should, of 



