FRUIT STORAGE 



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barrels. The house also has a sorting and packing 

 room 10 X 36 feet, all of which space will be needed. 

 This packing room stands next to the outside door, 

 and the only entrance to the storage room is through 

 this sorting room. This protects the storage room 

 from outside temperatures, and permits work to go on, 

 either bringing in fruit or taking it out, without dis- 

 turbing seriously the atmosphere in the storage room. 



FIG. 57 — SECTION OF STORAGE HOUSE 



The space overhead will be needed for storing barrel 

 stock, etc. 



The front (double sliding) door should be 6 feet 

 wide, and the two inside doors should be 3 feet 6 

 inches. It will be an advantage to have two inside 

 doors, arranged as shown in the plan. If a single 

 door is used between the two rooms and is put in the 

 middle of the partition, it will admit more drafts of 

 outside air to the storage room, and will not be so 

 convenient in handling barrels from one room to 

 the other. 



No ice or artificial refrigeration is needed in this 



