This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
The following is the amount of produce of an orchard house here for the last four years:
1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | |
Noblesse, 2 plants............ | 19 | 32 | 29 | 38 |
Seedling Noblesse, 2 plants....... | 43 | 33 | 25 | 34 |
Grosse Mignonne, 4 plants............. | 54 | 53 | 85 | 68 |
Early Admirable, 1 plant.......... | 42 | 11 | 32 | 7 |
French Mignonne, 1 plant.......... | 24 | 18 | 29 | 23 |
Bellegarde, 2 plants........... | 67 | 18 | 70 | 19 |
Barrington, 2 plants.......... | 51 | 26 | 45 | 31 |
Teton de Venus, 2 plants......... | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
Chancellor, 2 plants.......... | 29 | 48 | 27 | 29 |
Royal George............... | - | 66 | 52 | |
Bellegarde.................. | 20 | - | 55 | 64 |
Trained on back | ||||
Elruge, 1 plant............ | - | 6 | 15 | 9 |
Violette Hative, 3 plants........... | 100 | 70 | 122 | 73 |
Pitmaaton Orange, 3 plants....... | 86 | 67 | 82 | 71 |
Apricot, 5 plants...... | 60 | 48 | 12 | |
599 | 442 | 708 | 529 |
I also find my house useful for many other little matters, such as wintering Cauliflower plants in pots, Auriculas, Roses, etc, as no frost will hurt them if kept dry like the fruit trees. Early in the spring when the trees are put in their places the spaces between are filled with small pots of early Peas for planting out, which often yield a dish 10 days before those sown in the open ground. No doubt there are many other uses to which such houses may be applied, and which every lover of a garden will be always discovering. The house is 21 feet long and 12 wide, and was built exactly as Mr. Rivers directs in the first edition of his book, and cost £25, trees, pots, and all complete. - The Gardmer, Bentworth Hall, England.
 
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