. American pomology : apples . Apples. RIPENING AND PRESERVING FRUITS. 293 planks. Better have it lined with zinc or galvanizeil-iron, inside of the plank. Scantling, 2 by 6 inches, are placed on tlie ice, 4 feet apart, made even with the ice. Wide plank (P) are placed loose across tte scanting, tlje -edges. Fig. 29.—^ntce's fbuit presebvino bouse. (OBorND plan.) as close as may be put together, to prevent the filling falling on the ice. Saw-dust, 6 inches thick, is placed on the plink (-P). Shavings are not compact enough on the top to keep tlie air from the ice. {0) A discharge pipe to condu
. American pomology : apples . Apples. RIPENING AND PRESERVING FRUITS. 293 planks. Better have it lined with zinc or galvanizeil-iron, inside of the plank. Scantling, 2 by 6 inches, are placed on tlie ice, 4 feet apart, made even with the ice. Wide plank (P) are placed loose across tte scanting, tlje -edges. Fig. 29.—^ntce's fbuit presebvino bouse. (OBorND plan.) as close as may be put together, to prevent the filling falling on the ice. Saw-dust, 6 inches thick, is placed on the plink (-P). Shavings are not compact enough on the top to keep tlie air from the ice. {0) A discharge pipe to conduct the water from the ice. {W) An ante-room with an ice-water trough, (!F), in which canned fruit is kept, in large stone crocks, for retailing by small measure. The following estimates are given by the inventor, for a house, with room 13 ft. square, 8 ft. high, 22 ft. square on outsi('e, with capacity for holding 500 bushels. The cost would be about as follows: Common iron, at V/i ctB. per lb., cost in the honse $210 00 Galvanized iron. No. 26, at 20 cts. per lb 105 00 Galvanized iron, No. aO, at 18 " ....' 80 00 Whole coBt, probably 800 00 The frame and roof being simple, their cost need not exceed that of similar 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 Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and Company
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