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ing of the grapes, and is not used for the storage 

 of the fruit. 



One of the best of the storage type of packing- 

 houses (used for holding the fruit until winter or 

 later) may be described as follows:* It is built on 

 a side hill, and the basement or cellar is used 

 for the storage of grapes, the first floor is used 

 for packing, and the second floor or attic for the 

 storage of baskets, crates, and the like. This build- 

 ing measures 25x60 feet over all. The foundation 

 walls are 24 inches thick, and the cellar is pro- 

 vided with ample means of ventilation by outside 

 windows, and also by means of a chimney which 

 runs from near the middle of the cellar up through 

 the roof. The floor is of dirt. By means of care- 

 ful attention to ventilation, this cellar can be kept 

 to 50 or below during September and October, and 

 is frost -proof during the winter. The windows are 

 provided with close-fitting screens, to keep out rats 

 and squirrels. This cellar will hold easily fifty tons 

 of grapes in the picking trays. The first floor is 

 divided into two rooms, the front one being a pack- 

 ing-room 25 feet square, and the back room being 

 a storage and shipping department 25x35 feet. 

 This packing -room is provided with heat, and is 

 lighted by seven large windows. The floor above 

 the cellar is double and made of 1%-inch matched 

 pine, with an abundant air space between the two 

 layers. This, therefore, protects the cellar from 



*Bull. 117, Cornell Exp. Sta. 



