. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. THE PLUM. 323. upon two bearers. It would be better if they rested upon rollers, so as to admit of their being pushed in, and drawn out, with greater ease. These lines of trays are placed at a distance of six inches from the furnace, so as to keep the fruit from too great a heat; they may be made entirely of wood, but it will be better if the bo
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. THE PLUM. 323. upon two bearers. It would be better if they rested upon rollers, so as to admit of their being pushed in, and drawn out, with greater ease. These lines of trays are placed at a distance of six inches from the furnace, so as to keep the fruit from too great a heat; they may be made entirely of wood, but it will be better if the bottoms are of open-work, like sieves. Their weight is such that they may be easily managed by a wo- man ; but in preparing prunes on a large scale, let them be made of great- er length anr1 breadth, so as to just coae within the strength of a more robust "*â »⢠person. " The wooden frame, h k, is that on which the two doors are hung. The door, g, which covers the arch, (and which is represented in the cut as open and fastened up,) shuts up the front of the upper part of the oven. In the middle of this up- per door or flap, is a round vent hole, for the escape of the moist va- por, k, is an iron, dam- per or slide, to be placed in the flue at I /, in order to regulate the heat. " A thousand fully ripe Quetsches,(prune plums) make about ten pounds of dried prunes. " Plums of different. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob). New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan
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