THE GENESEE FARMEU 



uniformity of temperature, coolness, and darkness. If the temperature is uniform, there can be little 

 vv no deposition of moisture on the surface of tlie fruit ; but if the air of the room should be, say 10 

 desives warmer tlian the fruit, then the relative coldness of- the latter will cause a coiulenwition of 

 tiu' moisture contained in the air in contact with the fruit, just as a cold glass becomes dewed OA^er 

 wlv"! I i-ht into a warm atmosphere. If the air is indeed very dry, then a proportionately greater 



LONGrrUDDJAL SECTION. 



EwphuMtion of the IMers. — «, Shelves made with battens, \}4 inch wide and 1^ inch apart, h. Close boarding 

 artjiiiut the sides ol' the room, c, Air space between the boards and tlie wall. The roof has also an air space on the 

 north s!(h! b"tween the two plaster ceilings, as shown on the section, rf, Stove. «, Circular window hung on pivots, 

 and fitted with a roller-blind, f. Partitions of open work similar to the shelves, g. Coach-house under fruit room. 



difference of temperature is necessary to produce the above effect; but in winter the hygrometer 

 sel'lom requires to be cooled more than a few degrees before it indicates a deposition of moisture. 

 Fruits with smooth, srlossy skins, in close contact with the cold substance beneath them, are those 

 must profusely cov^ered with moisture from the above cause. In russeted varieties, their dry, rough 

 coats serve as non-conductors of heat, and lience less moisture is deposited on them. When the air 

 becomes colder than the fruit, a contrary action — that of evaporation takes place, and the surface of 

 the fruit becomes dry. But this wetting and drying must prove very injurious ; while its cause, 

 alternations of temperature, must likewise affect the specific gravity of the juices of the fruit. Mr. 

 Moorman's fruit is not exposed to such vicissitudes ; for when the weather becomes frosty, it is several 

 days before the thermometer in his fruit room is affected as mucli as one degree. 



It may be remarked that, in giving air, a period of the day should be chosen when the thermometer 

 outside indicates the same temperature as that in the room. No deposition of moisture can then take 

 place in consequence. 



With regard to coolness, it is well known that this condition is favorable to the long-keeping of 

 fruit ; for we act on the contrary when we wish to render any variety fit for use before its usual time. 

 The fruit room in question must be cooler on an average, than if it had been on the ground ; for the 

 latter, under a building particularly, is much warmer tiian the air in winter. 



Light accelerates the maturity and ultimate decay of fruit e.vposed to its influence. If the soundest 

 specimens are picked and placed opposite a Avindow, they soon become much inferior in appearance, 

 compared with tliose from which the light is excluded, all other circumstances being the same. In 

 Mr. Moorman's fruit room, the light is excluded by a blind, even when air is given. 



By such arrangements as those above detailed, Mr. Moorman keeps the Marie Louise in fine condi- 

 tion till after Christma.s. He possesses a selection of the best varieties of pears, which he grows chiefly 

 on espaliei's, which are well managed by his gardener, Mr. Tucker, in the Clapham-road. He had 

 some remarkably handsome specimens of the Winter Nelis in his fruit room in January, much large 



