FRUITS FOR MANSIONS. 



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ESI 'ALTER APPLE FOR BACK OF BORDER, 



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Pine Apple, Dryden, Pitmaston Orange, Humhold, Newton, Spenser, and Stanwick Elruge. 

 Golden Eagle, Pine Apple, Pitmaston Orange, and Humbold are yellow fleshed, the others white. 



It is now becoming the custom in many gardens to plant young one year trees of 

 Peaches and Nectarines, and to train the side branches right and left, when they soon attain a 

 height of 6ft. to 8ft., a spread of 3ft. to 5ft., and fruit quickly. Such trees can be planted ( ft. 

 apart, and by regular root pruning be kept in good condition for some years, while by annual 

 lifting the trees can always be so regulated as to keep the wall clothed. On the other hand, 

 fan trees should be placed some 15ft. apart as dwarf-trained examples, and as this wall is 

 lofty it will be well to plant one 6ft. stem-trained standard tree between each dwarf, 

 and thus clothe the upper portion of the wall rapidly. If dw arf-trained trees are used the 

 space between each tree may be filled up with Tomatoes for a year or two until the trees 

 require all the space. It is presumed that the potting sheds, boiler house, bothy, Mushroom 

 house, and fruit rooms will be at the back of the Vinery and the Cucumber and Melon 

 houses near. We will next take the aspect facing west. Here we have a stretch of wall rather 

 lower in height than the south, and this is suitable for Apricots if more are desired, and 

 also for dessert Plums, which, as fan-trained trees, can be planted at 15ft. apart. We here 

 introduce the following Plums, as well as a few choice Pears : Rivers' Sturt, Czar, 

 Cenniston's Gage, Belgian Purple, Jefferson's Gage, kirke's Blue Gage, Early Transparent 

 Gage, Comte d'Hatthem's Gage, Oullin's Golden Gage, Golden Esperen, Old Green Gage, 

 Brvanston Gage, Anna Spath, Bonne Bouche, Late Transparent Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, 

 Monarch, and Rivers' Golden Transparent. Pears : Durondeau, Emile d'Heyst, Beurre Hardy, 

 Doyenne du Cornice, Olivier des Serres, Easter Beurre, Beurre Superfin, and Winter Nel;s, and 

 to fill the spaces between the trees at once plant some early Gooseberries as cordons or 

 three-branch trees to give early green fruit for tarts, and also some good ripe fruit for early 

 dessert; and for this work our choice falls upon Keepsake, Whitesmith, and Crown Bob. We 

 next come to the north wall. This position is usually relegated to Morello Cherries as 

 fan trees at 15ft. apart, but one can also introduce a few stewing Pears, such as Catillac, 

 Gilogil, and General Todleben ; and also some late Plums to continue the supply after the 

 wall trees and open pyramids are over. Coe's Gulden Drop, Jefferson, Rivers' Late Orange, 



