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Fruit Trees
By Cornell Ithaca
A good storehouse is a storehouse that is constructed above ground level. The floor was of soil, and wire netting was buried a foot below so as to prevent rats and mice from burrowing in. The earth was them rammed down tight and was watered with a 2 per cent solution of formaldehyde so as to kill any disease spores that might be present.
The whole of the store was built double. That is to say, there are double doors with a 6-inch buffer of air in between them. The thick outside door opens outwards and the inside door slides to the side conveniently. The walls were made of those large concrete blocks with asbestos wool pushed down tightly in the centre cavities.
The roof was made of match-boarding and over the match-boarding there was placed a thick coating of asbestos wool, and above that a corrugated asbestos sheeting, or second roof.
The home fruit grower will be able to store his apples and pears quite easily in any storehouse where the temperature keeps round about 40 F., and where air can circulate between the fruits. Because apples and pears have a high water content, and because they `breathe', they can easily lose moisture during storage. It is when this happens they shrivel.
It is therefore always preferable to store the fruits in a damp place rather than in a dry one. If, for instance, one has to use an attic or a loft, the floor has to be syringed over regularly to keep the atmosphere damp. Because a cellar is below ground very little external heat can penetrate because of the soil. For this reason, gardeners in the olden days often used to construct stores below ground level in order to ensure perfect insulation.
I would always advise the use of oiled wrapping papers when apples and pears have to be stored in the same room.
The whole of the store was built double. That is to say, there are double doors with a 6-inch buffer of air in between them. The thick outside door opens outwards and the inside door slides to the side conveniently. The walls were made of those large concrete blocks with asbestos wool pushed down tightly in the centre cavities.
The roof was made of match-boarding and over the match-boarding there was placed a thick coating of asbestos wool, and above that a corrugated asbestos sheeting, or second roof.
The home fruit grower will be able to store his apples and pears quite easily in any storehouse where the temperature keeps round about 40 F., and where air can circulate between the fruits. Because apples and pears have a high water content, and because they `breathe', they can easily lose moisture during storage. It is when this happens they shrivel.
It is therefore always preferable to store the fruits in a damp place rather than in a dry one. If, for instance, one has to use an attic or a loft, the floor has to be syringed over regularly to keep the atmosphere damp. Because a cellar is below ground very little external heat can penetrate because of the soil. For this reason, gardeners in the olden days often used to construct stores below ground level in order to ensure perfect insulation.
I would always advise the use of oiled wrapping papers when apples and pears have to be stored in the same room.
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A soil that has been properly prepared with organic matter and adjuster to the optimum acid alkaline level give thefruit trees in your garden a good start.
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