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sudden fluctuations of temperature. The building is 

 also shaded, especially from the afternoon sun, by 

 large trees. This building can be erected for about 

 $1,200. It has 18 -foot posts, a tin roof, the two 



Fig. 99. A good type of packing-house. 



rooms in the first floor ceiled with pine, but the 

 top floor not ceiled. 



The other type of packing -house (used only for 

 purposes of packing and of storing packages) is ad- 

 mirably illustrated by Figs. 99 and 100, which are 

 pictures of the house of W. W. Pettit, Brocton, 

 New York. In this case there is no cellar, for the 

 grapes are not to remain in the house more than 

 a day or two at the longest, and they ordinarily 



