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The Cai^adian Horticulturist. 



FRUIT EVAPORATOR. 



3T is built of wood. All the frame required is the upright, 2 by 

 2-inch posts and the 2 by 3-inch horizontal drawer rests. The 

 drawer rests are placed flatwise and between the posts, rabbeted 

 one half inch on each inhalation of air. The end drawers are 

 4 inches deep and 5 feet long, and are used to finish on. Have 

 four extra drawers, and have some extra front pieces to put in 

 and close up the openings when the drawers are out. The sheet-iron fenders, 

 A B, extend the whole length, to distribute the hot and cold air. The cold 

 air enters the ventilators below A, and is divided by B. The arch C is sheet- 



FiG, 53. — Fruit Evapobatok. 



iron, with a two inch flange, resting on the wail of the furnace, which is 2 feet 

 high and 2 feet wide, laid in mortar. The top course of brick is laid in mor- 

 tar, on the flange, to prevent the escape of smoke. The building is 10^ feet 

 long, 7 feet high and 4 feet wide. D D are connecting rods attached to the 

 ventilators. The furnace can be built below the surface on sloping ground. 

 The amount of heat is great, and the thing to be observed closely is to admit 

 plenty of cold air through the ventilators. The illustration, without going into 

 details, gives enough to enable a good workman to construct a cheap and good 

 evaporator that will do more than twice the work of some of the high-priced 

 machines. — J. W. Beach, in Fari7i and Fireside. 



