The peach and nectarine : their history, varieties, and cultivation . r 56.)The pitch of the roof and the size of the peach house varies widely,according to the season when the peaches are required. For earlypeaches, rather narrow houses, with steep roofs, are preferred—say,9ft. [wide and 10ft. high at the back. For later or snccessional CULTUEE TTNDEE GLASS. 245 peaches, houses 12ft. wide and 12ft. or 14ft. high are more peaches, flowering in November ajid December, require all theBcanty rays of the sun to enable them to set freely. Less importanceis, however, now placed upon t
The peach and nectarine : their history, varieties, and cultivation . r 56.)The pitch of the roof and the size of the peach house varies widely,according to the season when the peaches are required. For earlypeaches, rather narrow houses, with steep roofs, are preferred—say,9ft. [wide and 10ft. high at the back. For later or snccessional CULTUEE TTNDEE GLASS. 245 peaches, houses 12ft. wide and 12ft. or 14ft. high are more peaches, flowering in November ajid December, require all theBcanty rays of the sun to enable them to set freely. Less importanceis, however, now placed upon the mere form of roof than used to bethe case; still, there can be no doubt the form of the house may prove eithera help ^i a hindrance to early peach culture. More direct sunlight andheat will pass through a roof at an angle of 45deg. than through one of30deg. Consequently, the former is the best for an early peach house ;the latter the more suitable for a late one. The wider the house, andthe less the difference between the height of the front and back wall, the. Tib. 66. flatter the roof; the narrower and greater the difference between the twowalls, tiie sharper the angle of elevation. This is well shown in the glasspeach case (Fig. 52). The wider houses also afford more apace, and are less liable to extremesof temperature. The latter is more dangerous in peach culture thanwith almost any other fruit. The flowers often faU in showers after anysudden and severe elevation of temperature. The embryo fruit are almostequally liable to wither up or shrivel from the same cause ; while duringthe stoning period any excess of heat favours the casting of the fruit ina very wholesale manner. Houses of considerable area, with ampleventilation, are the surest antidotes against extremes of heat and cold. 246 THE PEACH AND NECTABINE. The curvilinear peach house is an excellent form for early peach houses,or in nnfayonrahle climates or localities. It admits more and clearerlight than almost
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