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GATHERING AND PRESERVATION 



All the inner walls are fitted from the top to within 

 twenty inches of the ground with deal shelves to 

 receive the fruit. These are placed ten inches above 

 each other, and are twenty inches in width. 



In order that all the fruit may be seen at once, the 

 shelves are gradually raised towards the back about 

 45 degrees (A, fig. 186). This slant is diminished 

 gradually as the shelves approach the floor, and at five 

 feet above the floor they are horizontal. All the in- 

 clined shelves in front present the appearance of a 



Fig. 186. Horizontal and Inclined Shelves for the Fruitery. 



rising stage or platform (A, fig. 186), each step rising 

 about four inches, and protected in front by a ledge, 

 E, about an inch high, to keep the fruit from falling 

 forwards. 



In order to allow the air to circulate freely, the 

 inclined shelves are each left open behind. The same 

 object is attained in the horizontal shelves (B), by 

 forming them in separate leaves about four inches 

 wide, and sufficiently apart from each other. The 

 shelves are fixed to the wainscot by brackets, and 

 supported in front by uprights (D) placed at five feet 



