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50 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



M. George $560 00 



Gmber Brothers 130 00 



C. B. Ilayden&Co 300 00 



Total. $14,621 78 



These two totals show the payment of $38,128.88 by the parties mentioned, 

 but besides this, as nearly as I can find out, there have been 812,000 more 

 remitted to growers direct from Chicago, or over 850,000 in all have been paid 

 to men living in the vicinity of l^ennville, this season, and all but about $d,- 

 000 for the peach crop alone. 



CHEAP FEUTT ROOMS. 



A building accommodating 3,000 bushels of fruit and keeping *' pound" 

 apples until October the following year and '^greenings" nntil July was 

 described by Judge Stitzel at a meeting of the Pennsylvania Fruit-Growers' 

 Society. The hous}, built in Heading, Pa., and costing 8350, is of wood, above 

 ground. Ice stored above keeps the temperature nearly down to freezing. 

 The ceiling is water-tight, to prevent moisture accumulating inside. Tan 

 bark occupies the space in the walls. The apples, packed in two bushel boxes, 

 are so placed that the bottom of one box is the lid of the next one below. A 

 still less expensive fruit-house described at this same meeting was built half 

 under ground, the body of ice being twelve feet deep. Mr. Tracy, who had 

 experimented with burying barrels of fruit in tlie ground, covering lightly 

 with earth, reported that he has buried *' Maiden's Blushes" in autumn and 

 kept them soundly until April. ''Greenings" similarly treated had lasted 

 two months longer. 



The Journal of Chemistry advises that when barrels of apples are stored 

 they should not stand on end, but be piled one upon another horizontally. It 

 is also suggested that when practicable two rooms be devoted to the storing of 

 fruit, the object being to secure a cool, airy place for the fruit during the late 

 autumn months and early winter, if the weather is mild, and a frost-proof 

 apartment for their reception later. Through the first and outer room the 

 second one can readily be ventilated. And here an important caution is to be 

 observed. Never ventilate or open the doors of the winter cellar or fruit room 

 on mild, damp days, but select clear, dry weather, when the thermometer is 

 just above freezing, for this purpose. When the air of the store-room is colder 

 than the external air, on admitting the latter a condensation of moisture inevi- 

 tably takes place and injures the fruit. — Practical Farmer. 



PEESERVING FRUIT. 



Light and heat are the agents in ripening fruits. The sagacious pomolo- 

 gist therefore keeps them in a dark place and at as low a temperature as pos- 

 sible short of freezing. Heat and moisture cause decay. Hence, the fruit 

 room, in addition to being kept cool, is also kept dry. These three conditions 

 were observed by Prof. Is'yce in his system of preservatories, ice being used 

 for ceding, and proper dryers for taking up the superabundant moisture. 

 AVe have had ripe tomatoes kept for three months in such a house, and in the 



