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with his statement, as illustrated by Professor Locke, in 

 his 'Monograph upon the Preservation of Oi-ganic Sub- 

 stances.' By his plans, the temperature and moisture of 

 the fruit-room, and consequently the ripening of the 

 :0:Tiit, may be perfectly controlled. One gentleman in- 

 forms me that he kept strawberries in a fruit-room con- 

 structed on this plan, from June Ist to the 20th, in perfect 

 condition for the table ; and he entertains no doubt of its 

 complete success in the preservation of apples and pears 

 indefinitely. My own experience corresponds with this 

 statement." 



We do not hesitate to recommend Mr. Schooley's patent 

 to the attention of all fruit-growers, as an invention of 

 great importance ; and properly constructed (according to 

 the plates published in the first part of this work, and 

 taken from the Annual Eeport of the American Pomolo- 

 gical Society), can not fail to be successful. 



