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ice, Avhich lasts through the season. They are quite successful in 

 preserving fruits, vegetables and meats. 



Dr. 0. H. Wellington, of 1,81 Twelfth-street, New- York, a na- 

 tive of Lexington, Mass., asked how much ice was stored there to 

 last through the season, and stated that he had understood, from 

 the experience of Mr. Tudor, of Boston, that a cube of 12 feet was 

 the smallest body of ice that would keep well with the usual pie- 

 cautions for its preservation. He remarked that Mr. Tudor had 

 had a very large experience in the preservation of ice, and also 

 of some kinds of fruits, especially of the Baldwin apple, which 

 he and others have been in the habit of sendiug to the Wesi In- 

 dies. Xew-Orleans, South America, and even to Calcutta. Th« 

 apples were packed in barrels, each apple being rolled in paper, 

 and the barrels embedded in ice in the hold of the vessel. 



Messrs. Nash, Meigs, and others, questioned the Doctor closely 

 as to the results of his observations on this mode of exporting and 

 preserving fruit, and also put questions on the kinds of fruit, car« 

 of trees, character of the soil, Sac. The conversation took a some- 

 what wide range, by which the following ideas were elicited from 

 Dr. Wellington : 



Of all the apples raised in the vicinity of Boston, by far th« 

 most popular is the Baldwin. This finds the most ready sale, and 

 is the one Selected for shipping. It is esteemed important that 

 all the apples be picked by hand, whether. for the market at Bos- 

 ion or for shipping, and with those who take most care, no apple 

 which has fallen to the ground is allowed to be placed with those 

 gathered from the tree. Great care is taken that no one be bruised 

 in transferring from the basket to the barrel. If the apples are 

 not generally fair, they are spread upon the ground and carefully 

 assorted, so that those sold as the best shall be large and fair. 



If designed for shipping, the apples are usually gathered some- 

 what earlier than when designed for the market at Boston. Whea 

 perfectly dry they are assorted, and each apple rolled in paper 

 and packed in dry, clean barrels, and placed in the ice as stated 

 above. 



When questioned as to the result of the operation, Dr. Welling- 



