Keeping Fruit. Ill 



inches from the cellar floor and put 2x2 scantling across the top 

 of the box to set the next box on, and so on. I usually have 

 my boxes three deep. 



Golden Russets are placed in new barrels. The barrels are 

 filled even full and placed in the fruit house ten days ; then they 

 are put into the cellar, the barrels are set on end, the head is 

 placed on the top of the barrel, so that another barrel can be set 

 on top. No ventilation is given them, except such as our apple 

 barrels furnish. Other winter apple3 of the sour varieties are al- 

 lowed to remain in the fruit-house from ten days to two weeks 

 before moving them into the cellar. The doors and windows are 

 left open day and night, except those on the south side, to allow a 

 free circulation of the air. 1 will now describe the bins in which 

 I keep apples. I make them by using 2x2 scantling for posts. 

 The posts reach from the cellar floor to the joists, and are set 

 three feet apart. The bins are three feet wide and from eight to 

 nine feet long. The first bin is placed eight inches above the 

 ground or floor of the cellar ; the next bin is twenty-four inches 

 above the first, and the third still higher up. All the bins are 

 eight inches deep, and are filled heaping full. This is a conven- 

 ient way to get at the apples ; besides no room is lost, as more 

 apples can be stored in the same amount of space in this way 

 than in barrels, and it is also more convenient than the swing bin 

 or shelves, as well as safer. The bins' will need to be made quite 

 permanent, and can be moved readily when empty. 



Now the apples are in the cellar, and it would seem that I have 

 done my part, but such is not the case; now comes the tug of 

 war, which, however, would be easy enough if I had a refrigerator, 

 but I have not. I have only a cellar. I am not to enlighten the 

 professionals, but simply to give my experience to the amateur, 

 and this paper is only calculated to benefit him if anyone. 



But I am digressing ; and to come back to the cellar. The 

 doors and windows are now opened and allowed to remain so day 

 and night, except in case there is a spell of very damp weather; 

 then the cellar is closed on the side towards the wind till the 

 weather changes, when the windows are again opened. This 

 year they were open when nine degrees below zero was reached, 

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