148 FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 



forms the chief storage. At one end there is a two- 

 story frame packing house, 24 x 24 feet, the lower 

 floor of which is also sometimes used for storage. 

 The sides of the main storage room are of earth, and 

 so are the floor and the roof. The apples are stored in 

 tiers in bins, however, in the same manner employed 

 by Mr. Coburn and described above. The tempera- 

 ture is controlled entirely by ventilation, and Mr. 

 McClelland tells me that he has successfully carried 

 apples in this room till May. Mr. McClelland, it 

 should be said, makes a specialty of Ben Davis, which 

 he grows in great perfection, so that his stock is the 

 very best for storage. 



An Ontario house. — Brooks Brothers, of Courtice, 

 Ontario, have a well-built and exemplary storage 

 house, used almost altogether for apples. The build- 

 ing is at Oshawa Junction, and is built beside the rail- 

 road tracks conveniently for shipping. It has a 

 capacity of 10,000 barrels. It is two stories high, 

 built of stone below and woodwork above. The floors 

 are of cedar plank. The temperature is controlled 

 entirely by ventilation, there being neither artificial 

 refrigeration nor heat applied. It has been successful. 



An improvisation. — The house used by Mr. H. H. 

 HiU, of Isle lya Motte, Vt., for storing apples is of 

 general interest from the fact that it was improvised 

 from materials on hand. Mr. Hill made use of an 

 old stone woodshed attached to the house, after the 

 manner cominon in rural New England. The stone 

 walls are 2 feet thick. The storage room proper is 

 about 26 X 32 feet in size, and high enough. Planks 



