HOW TO STORE FRUIT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1159, 14 February 1874, Page 21

HOW TO STORE FRUIT.

(Gardeners 1 Magazine,) An expensive structure is not required, for the fruit may be kept exceedingly well in a dark room in which it will not be exposed to sudden changes of temperature. A cellar is a capital place, provided it is perfectly dry and dark ; but, as usually constructed, cellars are too damp and incapable of being properly ventilated. If a place is built expressly for fruit it should, in dry soils, be partly below the general level, with the soil banked tip against the walls. On wet soils it may be built upon a level and a bank of soil made against the walls, The roof must be double, or covered with a good thickness of thatch, which will materially assist in maintaining an equitable temperature. The fruit should be kept in perfect darkness ; but, to facilitate the examination of the stores, windows provided with shutters should be fixed at' intervals in the roof or elsewhere, according to the style of the house. The fruit room, should be in a shady position, for a very considerable number of soft fruits ripening in summer are materially improved by being placed in a cool room for a few days, and in some oases the season of a particular fruit may be prolonged considerably by a portion of the crop b^'mg gathered and then placed in a cool, dry place or a dry oellar. With regard to the internal fittings, it will suffice to say that shallow shelves or drawers of open lattice work are preferable for laying the fruit upon. _____

The Age states that on the All England Eleven leaving the Sandridge Pier in the steamer Alexandra, a very slight attempt was made to get up a cheer on the vesael hauling off, bat fell through, although there was a large concourse of people assembled oiy the pier at the time,