An Apple Store-house 



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temporary storage. It is not intended to discuss the con- 

 struction of storage buildings, but only to give examples 

 of the way in which two or three growers have met the 

 problem. 



The Kinney apple-storage house, in northern Vermont, shown 

 in Fig. 184, is described by the owner as follows: The fruit-house 

 is built on high and dry ground. The cellar was 3 feet deep, and dirt 

 taken from this was used to bank up around the wall. The wall is 

 solid stone and mortar, is 5 feet high, 23^ feet wide at the bottom, 

 and 2 feet at the top; 

 2-inch plank for sills on 

 this, bedded in mortar, 

 doubled so as to break 

 joints; 2 by 4 stud- 

 ding above this; out- 

 side of studding 

 matched pine, then 

 paper, and then clap- 

 boards, painted; in 

 middle of studding, 

 lath and plaster; inside 

 of studding, matched 

 pine, then paper, and 

 then }/-inch sheathing, 

 painted . This gives 



two hollow walls, or dead-air spaces. For ventilating, there is one 

 ventilator from cellar to the observatory on the top of the building, 

 which has four large window frames, with blinds, but no tight win- 

 dows. The ventilator opens into both storage rooms. We have 

 three 18-inch windows on the east and west sides of the building in 

 the cellar, and three large windows in the west side, next to the store- 

 room. Both floors are double, with paper between, and the second 

 room is ceiled overhead with matched spruce, and painted. The 

 two windows on the east side show in cut, with the outside doors. 



About picking time, we begin to cool off the building by keeping 

 open during westerly winds or cold waves, and closed as much as 

 possible when it is warm. We try not to put in any fruit when the 

 fruit is warm, but have it cool, if possible. In this way the air in 

 the building is cool all the time. 



FIG. 184. Apple-house in the Lake 

 Champlain country. 



