OF FRUIT. 



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about sixteen and a half feet in length, thirteen feet 

 wide, and ten feet high. Eight thousand fruit may be 

 stored in it, allowing four square inches to each fruit. 



The floor is twenty-eight inches below the surround- 

 ing ground ; if it is very dry it may be three feet 

 lower. This arrangement allows of the atmosphere of 

 the fruit-house being more easily protected from the 

 exterior atmosphere. To prevent the wet from drain- 



ing in, the ground outside is slanted off* from the walls 

 all round (A, fig. 184), and the outside walls are con- 

 structed in cement to just above the ground. 



The fruit-house is surrounded with double walls, A 

 and B (fig. 185), having a vacant space C between them 

 tvv^enty inches wide. This space admirably secures 

 the fruit from the action of the atmosphere outside. 



