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perform this to both houses in one day, being about two 

 shillings and sixpence each fortnight to attend 114 feet running 

 of forcing ; the labour of pruning and training, which he takes 

 upon himself, must be added to this. 



Mr. French has pursued this method of forcing nearly 

 fifteen years with uninterrupted success ; he adopted it in 

 consequence of failing in his attempts to force by fire heat, 

 having had his trees destroyed by the red spider, which dis- 

 appeared on the introduction of dung, and has never since 

 molested him. 



The Nectarine house is very similar in construction to the 

 vinery. It is 60 feet long, and about 12 wide ; the quantity 

 of fine flavoured fruit on it, is as great as the trees ought to 

 bear. Mr. French assured me, that the fruit which set, 

 exceeded that which was on the trees when I saw them, 

 more than six-fold ; we guessed the present crop to amount 

 on a moderate computation to one hundred dozen. The 

 young wood exhibits abundance of fruit-buds for the en- 

 suing season. I could not discover the smallest appearance 

 of mildew, red spider, coccus, or of any destructive insect 

 in either house. Nor could I help admiring the healthiness 

 and vigour of the trees ; they were trained on trellis laths 

 similar to those in the vinery, and the treatment in forcing 

 was exactly the same, except only that part of this house is 

 divided off, into which no dung is admitted, in order to 

 obtain a later crop for succession. This house, like the 

 other, is of rude construction, and far from being air-tight ; 

 but in spite of these impediments, it succeeds most sur- 

 prisingly. 



