70 GARDENING 



moss, soft hay, paper shavings at the bottom, and 

 when the packing is finished the Hd should rest 

 firmly and gently on the top. Grapes, peaches, 

 pears, and plums should be each wrapped in soft 

 tissue paper. 



Strawberries should be packed in shallow boxes 

 holding two layers of fruit. Cover the bottom with 

 strawberry leaves and put each fruit in a strawberry 

 leaf, and place plenty of strawberry leaves between 

 the layers and on the top. Fruit that has to be 

 sent a long distance should be gathered and sent 

 before it is ripe. 



To Protect. — The best protection is a material 

 called Frigi domo. It is a mixture of wool and 

 hair, a non-conductor of heat, thin and light. It is 

 very wide — at least it is, I consider, best to buy the 

 three or four yards wide, though it is to be had 

 yard-wide only. 



The best way to hang it is to place it so that it 

 only touches the wall or fence at the top, and is 

 borne out from it at an angle at the bottom ; and it 

 should be so arranged that it cannot blow back- 

 wards or forwards against the blossom. Or curtains 

 may be made by hanging them on nails at the top 

 of the wall, and then a few long pegs placed at the 

 bottom on which the material can be tacked. 



Fruit Rooms 



Wherever it is possible there should be a fruit 

 room in a garden, as it so often happens fruit has 

 to be picked before it is ripe for fear of its spoiling 

 in its fall. This room should be airy and dry, and 

 the temperature never above 60° nor below 40°. 



