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rough boards or planks, and cover them with siding on the 

 outside, but with matched boards on the inside, filling the 

 six-inch spaces with sawdust slightly packed. Walls thus 

 built are recommended by Mr. J. Heagerty, of this State, 

 for a fruit storage-room. For onion storage the space may 

 be considerably narrower ; but a room thus enclosed, and 

 with doors and windows made tight, will be as near frost- 

 proof as can be desired. 



Onions must not be stored in these rooms in bulk, but in 

 layers on shelves, or in slatted bushel-boxes or crates, filled 



Section of wall of Storage-koom. 



only to within a few inches of the top, so that there \vill be 

 a free circulation of air all around, under, and above each 

 box, when they are set one above the other. 



Wintering in Pits. 

 Onions can also be wintered in pits, in same way as pota- 

 toes, roots, or apples are pitted for winter keeping. Be sure 



