34 FRUIT-GROWER, ST. JOSEPH, MO. 



storage, and the matter is much better understood 

 than it was a few years ago. Such storage is there- 

 fore both safer and cheaper. Nevertheless the com- 

 mon storage has not altogether gone out of use. One 

 of the largest dealers in New York State a man of 

 wide practical experience in all systems of storage 

 recently told the writer that he would as soon have 

 apples in common storage as in the best cold storage. 



Fig. 7 Mr. Green's Storage House 



This is perhaps an extreme view, but it shows that 

 the difference between the two sys.tems is not so 

 gioat as we have sometimes been led to believe. 



The construction of a house for common storage 

 may best be understood by examining one of ttfo con- 

 crete cases. Figure 7 represents the storage house 

 of Mr. Charles L. Green, East Wilton, Main4, which 

 was built in 1903. This building is 30x40 f6et, with 



