and at a point below that, at vvliich fermentation usually occurs, 

 say at from 3S to 45 degrees, according to the particular species 

 or kind. Another condition essential to this purpose, is a uni- 

 form degree of moisture In the air — to have some particular 

 varieties of Pears In perfection, it is necessary while ripening, or 

 to promote that process, to Increase, by artificial means, the 

 moisture of the air by which they are surrounded. A uniform 

 degree of pressure from the atmosphere, is also important, in order 

 to prevent the shrivelling of the fruit. Although all these condi- 

 tions are not attained thereby, perhaps the best practical mode, 

 as yet ascertained, for the preservation, or prolonging the season 

 of any variety of fruit, is by the construction of rooms for the 

 purpose on the principles referred to. 



Fruit, especially Apples and Pears, It Is hardly necessary to 

 say, cannot be gathered too carefully, neither can too much care 

 be used in placing it in the barrels or boxes ; great caution too 

 should be used, whon It becomes necessary to move the packages 

 in which they are placed, particularly with such as may be 

 Intended for export to distant markets ; as slight bruises cause 

 Injury and early decay. Fruit should be gathered during dry 

 weather, and not immediately after a rain. 



To almost all men, whatever may be their condition, whatever 

 may be the pursuits in which they are engaged, farming seems to 

 present powerful attractions. Why this is, can not perhaps be 

 easily explained. It may be : that, as now conducted, it requires 

 not only the usual mental culture, but an acquaintance with other 

 sciences, with which its successful practice is connected, calling 

 not only for the labor of the hands, but the exercise of the 

 intellectual powers, in the occupation thus afibrded for the mind 

 as well as the body, that the general inclination for farming is to 

 be attributed. But, however this may be, It seems certain that 

 retirement to a farm is frequently looked forward to, almost with 

 longing, as the end and object of labor and enterprise, and although 

 the varied wants of Society, and the rewards thereby afibrded, 

 make such demands upon human Inbor and ingenuity, ns in many 



