The principal matter in connection with fruit in November is that of planting. All kinds of hardy fruits - Apples, Blackberries, Cherries, Currants, Damsons, Gooseberries, Pears, Plums, Raspberries, and Strawberries - may be planted in November. All the various types of tree - bush, cordon, espalier, fan, pyramid, and standard - can be put in. Everything considered, November is the best month of the whole year for planting. The soil is moist, yet not sodden with winter rain. It retains some of its summer warmth. Other work is not pressing, and therefore the planting can be done with due deliberation and care. The nurseries are full of trees of all the best varieties, and consequently every buyer can get what he wants.

Fig. 91. - Lean-to Greenhouse - Section.

a. High back wall. b. Low front wall.

c. Front woodwork and glass.

d. Roof ventilator. e. Back stages. f. Front stage, g. Hot-water pipes, h. Path.

The selection of varieties and the methods of planting were gone into so fully in Chapter I (Jan. The Opening Year)., that it is unnecessary to consider them in detail here. Vines and Peaches may also be planted in houses in November. Bands of grease-proof paper a foot wide may be tied round the trunks of trees and smeared with grease to catch the crawling moths.

Fig. 92. - Heating with Pipes (p. 383).

a. Boiler.

b. Flow and return pipes, the flow pipe over the return pipe.

c. Hot-water pipes in front of house also if a high temperature is required, not otherwise.

d. Valves. e. Air-pipes. f. Back wall.