70 THE MINIATUEE FEUIT GAEDEN 



My own fruit room, in wliicli the fruit keeps very 

 successfully, is a span roof thatched building with a 

 walk down the centre and benches on either side ; 

 the fruit is placed on bars of wood about one inch apart. 

 Pears and apples keep well until their extreme limit of 

 ripening. 



Winter and very late pears will ripen well when 

 taken from the fruit room and placed in a warmer 

 temperature. 



If the fruit is exposed to the sun under glass when 

 gathered it will keep better than if stored immediately 

 after picking. The exposure to the sun completes the 

 process of ripening, and the late pears are much im- 

 proved in flavour by this treatment. 



