FRUIT STORAGE 



145 



high. Each room is 43 feet 9 inches long by 17 feet 2 

 inches wide. 



The outside of the upper stor}' was first boarded 

 on the studding, then covered with tar paper, and 

 clapboarded on top of this. Between the studding it 

 was lathed and plastered. Inside it was ceiled up 

 with matched spruce, and a wainscoating of hard pine 



FIG. 47 — MRS. ALLEN'S APPLE HOUSE 



was run round. The main floor is double thick, with 

 tar paper between the layers. The basement has no 

 floor, but loose boards are laid down and the barrels 

 are rolled onto these. The roof is covered with gal- 

 vanized steel. 



The upper room was originally intended only as a 

 sorting room, the lower story being expected to hold 

 all the fruit in storage. As a matter of fact, however, 

 the upper room has several times been held full of 



