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the framework firm. The main ground plate should be 4} by 3, and the 
top plate of the same size ; support and steady ea in the usual way 
with quartering 43 by 3, and when fixed, choose a dry day to d be" 
or cold creosote the fovet plates and all the vba 2 feet e 
ground to protect from damp. The quartering should show an po 
outside face. 
Outside Covering —The cheapest material will be $-in. matehboard,. 
—— it may 5 well be fixed on the rafters as well. ` Piteliboard 4p by 1 -— 
rs 3 
onds dem one side to the other should be 4} by 3; if stout any? 
a useful to hold planks, on which baskets can be placed overhead in 
roof. -To receive'the vertical thatch a side board is attached 6 inchés 
wide from the ground to roof, in which the thatch is placed upright, 
and it is kept in position by lateral splints of wood 3 by 1, shown in 
—— 
The thatch may be 18 inches thick on the roof and 6 inches at the 
ides, and where it can be procured, carex or reed is strongest and. most 
lasting, but it may be of wheat-straw or heather. The eaves should 
project a a good way to protect from damp. 
Doors.—An inside and outside dion should be provided. They must 
be efe to fit closely = exclude draughts 
Window to allow of an inspection of the fruit, windows 
of 21 oz. glass pcs and this saves the use of a candle at storing 
time, but taller shutters are provided to gon the place as dark as 
ible. A fruit room is perhaps better without windows. 
Ventilation is provided by an ope ning each 
end, 1 inch by 9 inches, a small. opening being left between the y My 
shutters which can be stopped by hay or moss in severe weather. The 
inside should be protected by perforated zinc, fine enough to keep out | 
poe and flies 
es and Rats.—In order to. d 2 contents, a half-inch stout 
ld be fastened 
Y 
wire battu 8 to the matchboard outside so that an 
aes would be eae ‘This is advisable te keep out rats. 
— € ch te —— eadily fixed at he Bret 
lengths of clean wheat straw, so 
shelves. In the centre of the fruit room we have a narrow table with a 
raised edge, made of three oet wide of matchboard, set on trestles ; 
this is useful for special so 
—Names.— Get a slip of ide 4inches long, turn up one end | inch, at 
an angle of 45, and then slit this angle three times and bend it so that 
it will hold a neat card; the other end can be slipped under tie straw. 
The fruit must never be wet when stored, and should be handled very 
carefully and laid singly on the shelves, but in the case of small apples 
(russets, &e,) they will keep well three or four thick. Carefully overs: 
m time to .time and remove rotten or spotted fruit, and keep the ; 
floor always damp. 
se few hints will enable growers to keep late pears to March, and; 
«nie to 2: or — 
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