. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. July, 19 iQ BETTER FRUIT Page 9. Fruit and vegetable storage cellar (extei'ior view). This illustration gives view of a storage cellar at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Its dimensions are 50 feel long by 10 feet 6 inches wide. It is built of concrete and the method of construction is the Van Guilder hollow-wall type. It has three ventilators of six-inch tile and cost $400 when completed. of the bins because of a false floor. This floor consists of 2 by 4 joists covered by 1 by 4-inch boards, with 1 inch space between. Joists are so placed that air can pas
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. July, 19 iQ BETTER FRUIT Page 9. Fruit and vegetable storage cellar (extei'ior view). This illustration gives view of a storage cellar at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Its dimensions are 50 feel long by 10 feet 6 inches wide. It is built of concrete and the method of construction is the Van Guilder hollow-wall type. It has three ventilators of six-inch tile and cost $400 when completed. of the bins because of a false floor. This floor consists of 2 by 4 joists covered by 1 by 4-inch boards, with 1 inch space between. Joists are so placed that air can pass from one end of the cellar to the other. Openings in the floor allow the air to pass up through the bin, thus cooling contents. Bin walls are also built so that cold air can pass upward around the bins. If the air in this cellar becomes bad because of ripening fruit or because of excess moisture, ventila- tion can be secured by opening one of the manhole covers slightly. Usually, however, the ventilation obtained inci- dental to initial cooling of the cellar is sufficient to carry away all vitiated air. Even in the best of storage cellars the air is apt to become too dry at intervals, thus causing fruit to shrink and shrivel. This tendency should be carefully watched and, as soon as evident, the air in the cave should be moistened by sprinkling water on the floor. Cold, moist conditions are to be sought, but the first consideration should be a low, uniform temperature. A good location for a storage cellar is on a hillside. Such a location makes it possible to have entrance at grade. A north front is to be desired because such exposure avoids direct rays of sun when the cellar must be opened and also draws in cold air at night. Georgia Horticultural Meeting. Horticulturists throughout the coun- try are being invited by the Georgia State Horticultural Society to attend its annual meeting, which will be held this :'^^fi^?. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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