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apart. Next to these 10 grape-vines trained in vertical rods. 
The remainder of the wall may be allotted to 6 five-rod 
espalier pears. 
The bed at the foot of the wall, which is only 2 ft. 4 in. 
wide, may be set with early strawberries, in tufts at distances 
of 15 inches apart. 
The opposite wall, b, facing the north-west, has a less ad- 
vantageous aspect, and should be reserved for early pears and 
a few cherries. In soils well suited to the apple we may try 
a few early sorts, such as Devonshire Quarrenden, Graven- 
stein, Borovitski, Reinette de Hollande, Bedfordshire Found- 
ling, etc. The bed at the foot of this wall may also be set 
with strawberry plants, giving the preference to some late 
variety, which with this aspect will continue in bearing until 
the autumnal frosts set in. 
The wall c, which has a south-west aspect, should be 
planted as follows : — Starting from the angle N, first, four- 
apricots with five vertical rods each, fastened up so as to leave 
spaces of 15 in. between the rods. Six pears trained in like 
manner. A couple of plums may be substituted for two of 
the apricots. 
