Packing and Storing Apples. 
It is quite desirable to have barrels for 
shipping apples as tight as possible, and to 
this end it has been found best in the Eng¬ 
lish market to have them lined with paper, 
and to make the protection still more com¬ 
plete, each end of the barrel is matted with 
a thin layer of “excelsior,” covered by the 
paper. This not only prevents the bruisiug 
of fruit when pressing in the head, provid¬ 
ing as it does an elastic cushion at each end 
of the barrel, but the substance itself ex¬ 
pands with the moisture thrown off by the 
fruit and thus compensates for the shrink¬ 
age, keeping the barrel full and tight. 
For storing winter apples a frost-proof 
cellar is absolutely necessary, and its at¬ 
mosphere should contain a sufficient degree 
of moisture to prevent shrinkage or shrivel¬ 
ing, and at the same time remain at a low 
temperature; as low a degree as is possible 
to be safe from frost. The experience of 
.some of the most successful shippers to the 
London market has proved that the barrels 
should be placed head down, on planks 
elevated two or three inches from the 
ground, to allow the circulation of air un¬ 
derneath, thus preventing an earthy flavor 
being imparted to the fruit. Placing the 
barrels bottom up prevents a displacement 
of the fruit at the true top, in case of 
shrinkage, and when about to ship, if the 
.apples are at all loose, the bottom should 
be taken out and more added .—Tribune and 
Farmer. 
A Cheap Fruit Dryer. 
For a cheap fruit dryer, we will suppose 
.a small octagonal building, not over six or 
seven feet across, and of a convenient 
height. In the center, on the floor, a com¬ 
mon box-stove, or a cook stove would 
answer. Over this, on a frame supporr, 
best made of a bar of iron, set an octagon 
shaft, to turn in a socket. Into this shaft 
have a proper number of arms mortised, 
reaching outward horizontally. On these 
arms stretch cheap cloth, or other suitable 
material, for shelves for the fruit. On one 
or more sides a series of sliding windows 
may be arranged, at which the operators 
can stand outside, and arrange the fruit, 
the shaft being revolved for that purpose. 
Other requirements can easily be imagined. 
We believe that for $ 20 or $30 an evapor¬ 
ator can be built on such a plan, that would 
be just as good and far cheaper than most 
of the costly concerns in use; and any car¬ 
penter with brains could build it.— Farmers' 
Gall. 
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