Pnsssuluisicttis ^ntit fwjiwviug (Eompang. 



THE FRUIT HOUSE. 



AVHAT IT WILL DO. 



It will preserve autumn grapes and pears until mid-winter and 

 spring and into the following summer ; thus giving an opportunity to 

 buy fruit at a low price in their season, when they are plenty in the 

 market, and keep them in a perfectly fresh and unimpaired condition 

 until the season has passed by, when they can be offered in the market 

 and realize a profit of two hundred per centum. 



The autumn domestic fruits, such as grapes, pears, and other valu- 

 able fruits can be stored in September and October, and in December 

 and the following months they can be thrown upon the market in such 

 quantities as the demand will justify. 



Bartlett pears can be preserved in the most perfect condition until 

 mid-winter and later; their color being improved and their flavor not 

 in the least injured. 



In the early spring, as the domestic fruits are removed from the fruit- 

 house, the rooms can be filled with the foreign fruits, such as lemons 

 and oranges, which, during the last of February and the month of 

 March, can be bought at low prices. These fruits can be preserved 

 Avithout perceptible shrinkage or loss until mid-summer, when they 

 can be sold to realize two or three times their original cost. 



Eggs, also, can be kept nine and twelve months in a perfectly fresh 

 condition. Purchased in May and June, when they are cheap, they 

 can be kept until December, when they will yield a profit of at least 

 one hundred per centum. 



