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very quickly, and being in a confined situation,, retain a sufficient 
beat for the purpose of wanning the soil for a week or more, so that 
the steam is only used for an hour or two at each time of heating; 
the sides of the pit are also plastered to retain the steam. 
( d ) Is about six inches of rotted leaves or twigs, against which, 
the steam condenses and prevents the soil becoming too moist. 
(e) The soil about ten inches deep. 
Joseph Harrison. 
A short time since, Mr. Harrison wrote to us, saying, he was ma¬ 
king some alterations which, he was satisfied, would answer per¬ 
fectly ; and as soon as they were completed, he would furnish the 
public with them through the Register. 
J. P. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
ON REMOVING LARGE FRUIT TREES, TO PROMOTE 
THEIR FRUITFULNESS. 
BY MR. J. STEWART, 
Gardener to Sir Thos. Stanley, Bart. Hooton, Cheshire. 
Many are of opinion, that the productiveness of a fruit tree depends 
on the mode of pruning and training, as your worthy Nottingham¬ 
shire Correspondent does of his pendulent training; but I am con¬ 
vinced it signifies little, whether a pear tree, for instance, be trained 
horizontal, fan, pendulent, or any other fashion, provided the border 
is good, and due attention paid to the roots. I would advise those 
that have healthy, but bad bearing fruit trees, to act with them in 
the undermentioned manner : I was not only an eye-witness, but 
took an active part in the following operations, I can therefore 
vouch for the truth of the statement. 
In the year 1825, I was employed as under-gardener, at Erskine 
House, Renfrewshire, and an extensive new kitchen-garden was 
made during the time I was there, in consequence of a new Mansion 
being built, which encroached too much on the old garden. To the 
greater part of the wall trees in this garden, great attention had been 
paid in training, &c. (and different modes had been practised;) they 
were healthy trees, but bore very scanty crops of fruit, they had 
