. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. 12 dreer's vegetables under glass. In private gardens a more elaborate frame or '' box '' is usually made. In addition to the four boards absolutely demanded for the sides and ends a six-foot board is cut diag- onally, and used upon the sides, with a six-inch strip across the top. This provides for a six-inch pitch to the glass. The same frame, made deeper, is used for amateur hot beds. The market gardener, operating on a large scale, constructs his "
. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. 12 dreer's vegetables under glass. In private gardens a more elaborate frame or '' box '' is usually made. In addition to the four boards absolutely demanded for the sides and ends a six-foot board is cut diag- onally, and used upon the sides, with a six-inch strip across the top. This provides for a six-inch pitch to the glass. The same frame, made deeper, is used for amateur hot beds. The market gardener, operating on a large scale, constructs his "boxes " more cheaply, as will be A \V«lk or Alley. ^ .. e„j,.. THE "boxes" at best. The summer picture entitled, " The ' Boxes' at Rest," is from a photograph of the grounds of a Philadelphia mar- ket gardener. It shows how the boards are set and how supported. Ordinary inch boards, free from knots, are used. In the centre of the picture we look into a path or alley planted with radishes. The "boxes" on each side con- tain celery—a single row in each "box" or frame. The alley is about four feet wide; the "boxes" or frames six feet wide, to be covered by six-foot sashes. The small posts. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. Philadelphia : Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated
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