By Mr. Peter Lindegaard. 329 



time be forced in the earliest, in the middle, or in the latest 

 season. 



I have seen Peach-houses in Holland of the same dimen- 

 sions as that I have described, which were forced with fire 

 and horse-dung together : from these they had Peaches ripe 

 by the middle of May, but such early produce is always pre- 

 carious, not abundant, and sometimes of inferior flavour. 

 The flues are liable to crack, and to let out the smoke, and 

 the fuel used in Holland being chiefly turf, which contains a 

 great deal of sulphur, it is very injurious to the fruit, and to 

 the trees. 



