?IO THE FRl'ir GROWER'S GUIDE. 



recommend, if well selected and properly seasoned. When painted stone colour, 

 neither fungus or anything else appears to affect the deal, or the deal the fruit, prejudi- 

 cially. All bare dry wood absorbs moisture, and straw, hay or moss, or old newspapers 

 on the shelves, often impart an unpleasant flavour to the fruit. Fruit lying on a close 

 wood shelf almost invariably has a poor taste on that side ; therefore, open shelves are 

 advocated, so that the fruit may have air from beneath, and if anything is placed over 

 the fruit, let it be clean sheets of rather stout white paper. 



A ground plan and section answering to the foregoing description of a fruit room 

 will be further elucidatory. Ground plan (Fig. 53) references : I, area or earth 

 retaining wall (9 inches) ; m, 4^-inch dry air area ; n, ventilating grating or air bricks, 

 let in cover of outside air cavity ; 0, 4|-inch walls built in cement from damp-course ; 

 />, 4|-inch air cavity ; q, covered flue for 2-inch flow and return hot-water pipes 

 connecting 4-inch pipes in the fruit room with boiler, pipes wrapped with dry hairfelt ; 

 r, 2-inch screw valve on flow pipe ; s, 2-inch screw valve on return pipe ; #, 2-inch iron pipe 

 with valve for ventilating wall cavity ; w, windows ; #, folding shutters ; w, sliding 

 shutters ; #, table with drawers under ; y, fruit shelves, showing uprights, bearers, laths, 

 and spaces between them ; 2, pathway, 4 feet wide ; , gratings to admit heat from hot- 

 water heated flue ; #, table, sycamore top, two tiers of drawers under, on each side ; 

 c, closets under drawers for earthenware jars ; d : inner door ; e, outside door ; /, porch and 

 steps ; ff, gravel path all round, inclining from area wall covering. 0, P, line of section. 



Fig. 54: Q, part section of lean-to against north wall, showing insulation of fruit 

 room, and top ventilation ; h, north wall ; i, 4 1 -inch air cavity ; /, 9 -inch wall built in 

 cement ; #, ventilator arrow showing direction of air ; I, roof, double ceiled, m, air 

 cavity in roof. R, section through ground plan, to P ; n, land drains ; o, rubble 

 drains taking water from outside area ; p, 9-inch earth retaining wall ; #, outside air 

 cavity ; r, 14-inch solid wall ; s, 3-inch air drains ; #, rubble ; , damp-course : v, 2-inch 

 iron pipe with valve ; w, hollow wall, showing projecting bricks across cavity arrows 

 indicate air entering 2 -inch pipe, ascent of cavity, and exit by roof ventilator ; #, roof, 

 showing projecting eaves, guttering, double ceiling, air cavity ; y, cover of ventilator 

 closed dotted outline raised ; 2, inside shutter closed dotted outline shows it open with 

 pulley, line, and weight attached ; , concrete ; , 4-inch hot- water pipe ; c, path, orna- 

 mental tiles laid in cement ; d, heated flue grating ; <?, closet for jars ;/, drawers for choice 

 fruit; g, table top arrows indicate direction of air when expelling damp; h, fruit 

 shelves ; i, gravel path ; /, tile or stone edging. 



