. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 198.—Plan o£ Fruit Room for Home Use. with a passage two and a half or three feet wide all around. Fig. 199 represents a larger fruit-room, with two series of shelves, and a row of drawers for pears on each Fig. igg.—Plan for Larger Fruit Room. Fruit-houses kept cold by ice are usually too expensive in construction and too costly in management for general use, and they are chiefly applicable to the perishable fruit ripen- ing in summer and
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 198.—Plan o£ Fruit Room for Home Use. with a passage two and a half or three feet wide all around. Fig. 199 represents a larger fruit-room, with two series of shelves, and a row of drawers for pears on each Fig. igg.—Plan for Larger Fruit Room. Fruit-houses kept cold by ice are usually too expensive in construction and too costly in management for general use, and they are chiefly applicable to the perishable fruit ripen- ing in summer and autumn. Winter fruit may be sufficiently preserved in cold storage or " cold-air" houses until the ripening of early strawberries and other small fruits, after which there is little demand for the supplies of the preceding year. The cold-air houses are separate buildings above ground, built in the following manner: The walls are double, with a space filled with sawdust a foot thick, and they may be all. 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); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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