The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. 72.—Drying House. is compelled to pass through them, thusthe fruit is dried faster than by the usualmode of placing it on shelves against thewall of the house. The number of drawers maybe increasedto double the amount represented in thedrawing if necessary, which would make them hold a considerable quantity of fruit,say from twenty to thirty bushels. The building should be constructed oflight timber, may be weather-boarded hori-zontally or vertically, and made ornamentalor otherwise, according to the taste of theowner. 168 The
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. 72.—Drying House. is compelled to pass through them, thusthe fruit is dried faster than by the usualmode of placing it on shelves against thewall of the house. The number of drawers maybe increasedto double the amount represented in thedrawing if necessary, which would make them hold a considerable quantity of fruit,say from twenty to thirty bushels. The building should be constructed oflight timber, may be weather-boarded hori-zontally or vertically, and made ornamentalor otherwise, according to the taste of theowner. 168 The PIPPIN. Some years since, the writer received and cooks among tbo best. The tree this variety from Charles Downing, Esq. is a good bearer. We find no published It is not of the higliest flavor as an description of it, except in the Western eating apple, but the flesh is very ten- Fruit Book. Fruit, medium size, roundish, der, of a pleasant, mild, sub-acid taste, flattened at ends, oblique. Color, pale jel-. FiG. 73 Hearts Pippin. low, with suffused shades of whitish yel- tinct, erect, open segments. Basin, deep, low, and a faint blush cheek in the sun.— Flesh, white, very tender, juicy. Core, Stem medium, generally curved. Cavity, medium, or below. Season, November,regular, russetted. Calyx with five dis- PROTECTION OF PEACH TREES IN WINTER. BY JOHN H. JENKINS. We must resort to some protectingsystem for peach culture, or be disappoint-ed, year after year, by late spring frosts—at least, such has been our situation. Forfour years, our peach crop has been smittenby May frosts; and, if we do not grow ourtrees in the future so that we may protectthe buds from hard winter freezing and late spring frosts, we may expect nothing butdisappointment for the next four hundredyears. The system is simply as follows:—Buyonly the best trees, one year from the bud,and if they havnt low heads, cut back to18 or 20 inches from the ground, as shownin Fig. 74. Plant th
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