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FRUIT CULTURE UNDER GLASS. 



over the roofs of houses in all respects like vineries and 

 peach-houses, both lean-to and span-roofed in form — in 

 narrower houses.mere glass cases, trained to the back wall 

 like a peach — or planted out in pits of less dinaensions in 

 bush form like a gooseberry or currant, or with its roots 

 confined to pots of by no means large dimensions. In 

 short, it is the most accommodating of fruits in this 



Fig. 18. 



respect, and good crops can be produced in all these forms 

 of erections, provided they are otherwise properly man- 

 aged. As in the case of all other fruits, I recommend that 

 for early forcing the lean-to form be adopted, and the 

 trees trained near the glass, just like vines. For late crops 

 the span-roofed form is to be recommended, as providing 

 the greatest fruiting surface at least expense. Fig. 18 re- 



