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put together with wliiti' lend. Any small cracks can be tilled up with putty, 

 and if the room should be found to leak it can lu- papered inside. Fruit 

 sulpluuvd in a large room rarely ever tastes of the sulplun-, and this is the 

 great advantage of having a good-sized room, even though it takes a little 

 morp sulphur. A room such as this will lidld oOO trays (piite easily, and 

 requires about '1 lb, of sulphur. 



If the orchardist has only a small quantity (if fruit to handle, this could be 

 sulphui'ed by taking a good-sized packing-case capable of holding a dozen 

 trays, paper it inside, and, Ii;iviiig stacked the trays one on top of another, 



Drying-tray. 



place the box over the to[) of the whole. This should l)e placed partly over 

 a hole in the ground, jireNiously dug foi' the purpose, and about 2 feet 6 inches 

 deep, wherein the sulphur is to be liuiiit m a small iion pot. AVhen the 

 sulphur is Hghted, cover the hole closely oti the outside with a pif^ce of iron 

 or board, so that the fumes cannot escape. 



Drying-Trays. 

 These are made with either three oi- four boards. 1 prefer the three 

 boards, as there are not so many cracks, which is an advantage in curing small 

 fruits such, as sultanjis, cur'rjints, kc. iind thev apj>ear to hold toi;»'ther better 

 than the four-board tray. 



