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Description and Plans of the Fruit Room 



ing. We may therefore conclude that a uniformity of tem- 

 perature in the interior of the room is insured to a consider- 

 able extent. 



There is the small stove, c?, but it is seldom used, and never 

 with the view of warming the air of the room, unless the 

 temperature is actually below freezing. The fruit is there- 

 fore kept cool. The swing-window, e, is occasionally a little 

 opened ; but it is at all times covered with a roller-blind, so 

 that the fruit is kept in the dark. A little fire in the stove, 

 air being freely admitted by the window at the same time in 

 a dry day, is useful for speedily removing any damp which 

 may arise from the fruit. The shelves, a a, have a layer of 

 clean-drawn straw laid across them, and on this the fruit is 

 placed singly. 



i''ig. 2. Interior View. 



From a consideration of all the above details it may be in- 

 ferred, that if a fruit room be built over a place where there 

 is a free circulation of air, its roof double ceiled, the walls 

 lined with wood, a cavity being left between these two, it 

 will possess the essential properties of the one under consid- 

 eration. 



The more important principles necessary to attend to, with 

 regard to the long keeping of fruit, are uniformity of temper- 

 ature, coolness, and darkness. 



