290 THE APPLE CULTURIST. 



most certainly so, as the fruit heats and specks in a short 

 time. Give plenty of air, and all the circulation possible. 

 An apple may be bruised in several places, and if it be 

 kept in a close place it will begin to decay. On the con- 

 trary, if it is in an airy place, the bruises will soon begin 

 to dry, so that a few dry days will dry and harden the 

 bruises, and will keep the moisture from being absorbed 

 from the wound. Windows at opposite sides or ends of 

 such a fruit-cellar should be made, so that there may be no 

 lack of ventilation at any season. There will be many days 

 during the winter months when the windows should be 

 thrown wide open day and night. 



Stove in a Fruit-cellar. We have assumed that the fruit- 

 cellar, just alluded to, is beneath a dwelling-house, in which 

 case it will be easy to provide a small stoye for the fruit- 

 room, to keep out the cold during severe weather. This 

 practice will be found far more satisfactory than to attempt 

 to bank up the outside walls, and close every door and win- 

 dow. A little fire in a small stove, placed near the outside 

 door, will keep the temperature a few degrees above the freez- 

 ing point, when without fire it would be almost impossible 

 to prevent the fruit from freezing. The pipe from a small 

 stove could pass up through the floor, and connect with the 

 pipe or chimney in the first story. A far better way would 

 be to let the chimney extend entirely to the bottom of the 

 cellar. In cold and dreary localities, no one should attempt 

 to keep fruit and vegetables in a cellar without a stove, to 

 temper the atmosphere in very cold weather. In order to 

 keep well, apples must not be exposed to severe cold, nor 

 be kept too warm, neither be confined in a close apartment. 



After cold weather is passed, winter apples will keep 

 better in barrels, as many varieties, after warm weather has 

 come on in the spring, will wilt up, become corky, and lose 

 most of their flavor, making them comparatively worthless. 



