FORMATION OF THE FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 



tables, however, when so raised, are not gener- 

 ally so rich in flavour and fine in quality as 

 when the different crops have plenty of room. 

 Abundance of space is better than too little; 

 for if, at any time, the whole should not be 

 required for culinary vegetables, the spare 

 ground may be used for growing any other 

 crops that may be found most profitable; or a 

 portion may be occasionally laid down in grass, 



which will refresh it for the growth of vege- 

 tables again. At all events, the ground need 

 not be in any way wasted, however much more 

 it may be than is absolutely necessary for a due 

 supply of vegetables. Where ground is at com- 

 mand, the question of the extent of it to be 

 enclosed, depends greatly on the expenditure 

 that can be allowed for walls, a tolerably correct 

 idea of the expense of which may be formed 



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Fig. 790.— Pran for a small Kitchen-Garden. 



from the relative amounts given on p. 9 for 

 enclosing from 1 to 6 acres. Less than an acre 

 can only be enclosed at a very great expense for 

 walls in proportion to the extent of the ground. 

 A garden of 6 acres of cultivated ground is 

 enough to meet the wants of a large establish- 

 ment of seventy to eighty persons; and in 

 general, a fruit and kitchen garden of 4 acres 

 will be found sufficient to supply all the ordi- 

 nary demands of a moderate-sized establish- 

 ment. 



Plans of kitchen -gardens, showing positions 

 of plant-houses, sheds, &c, are shown in figs. 

 789 and 790. 



4. Form, — The form of a garden is not of mate- 

 rial consequence in the cultivation of vegetables, 

 which, with the exception of such as may require 

 a south border, will succeed as well in a piece of 

 irregular ground as in one of any other shape. 

 But when the area is not rectangular, there is 



additional trouble and loss of time in carrying 

 out the working operations. As fruit and 

 kitchen gardens are generally surrounded by 

 walls, the form of the garden and length and 

 aspect of walls become important considera- 

 tions. Much depends upon the surface the 

 wall presents to the action of the rays of the 

 sun during the period of the day when they 

 are most powerful. From the following obser- 

 vations, recorded by Professor Daniell in his 

 Meteorological Essays, that period appears to be 

 between one and two o'clock in the afternoon. 

 The observations were made in the month of 

 June. " The day was perfectly calm and cloud- 

 less, and the atmosphere so clear that the disc 

 of the moon was visible throughout the day 

 The dew-point by the hygrometer was station- 

 ary at 57°." 



It will be observed from the table that the 

 highest temperature in the shade occurred be- 



