The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-18

an average, have decaYed thus far in these
rooms. And there is this peculiarly in the
decay Of the fruit. When decayed sp-
pie is found, it is universally found tOtslly
decayed, and surrounded BY fruit not at all
tainted by its rot, proving that the defect
was already in the sppls at the time 1t was
put into the house. The patentee is posi-
tive that, if an apple has sound skin at
the TIME it is housed, he can preserve it in
full health and flavor, By means of the
agents, dryness and coldness, although it
very rarely occurs that fruit, apparently
sound, has an internal power of decay,OV
which science has as yet attained no con-
troll. But if an apple csn be Plucked from
the tree at the time It has sucked all the
virtue which it can draw therefrom, and
has a sound skin, Prof. Nyce will put the
same in his rooms, and successfully defy 1t
to decay. Aud this is the great problem
now TO be solved, to wit: The determine
tion of the precise time when fruit should
be removed from the orchard to the pre-
serving rooms. Long years of observation
and study of the habits of the various
fruits, must 60 to the perfection of that
mans Insight and intuition, SO to speak,
who shall become master of this difficult
scisnce.
The proprietors of this house were un-
fortunate last fall in not getting in many
varieties of apples in their season. Such
varieties show the effect of that delay
whereas the most tender fruit, like the Bel
mont and Rambo, which was put in in sea-
son, have been preserved most remarkably,
with their all virtue in them.
The fxstion of the flavor of the fruits,
apples, grapes, &c, is wonderful, and seems
TO realize the tales of magic. Here we have
tender varieties of fall apples, some of them
long since out of the market, which are as
fragrant, irm, crisp and juicy as ever, as il
euchantment had been struck through
them, as indeed it has been. Here are
grapes, fresh, plump, the bloom on them
yet, their stems still green, and they full oi
wine. Lemons, put in six or seven weeks
ago, are as fresh, and their stems as green
a. on the morning of their introduction intC
the house.
The most remarkable thing connected
with the rooms, is their absolute dryness
Not 8 particle of moisture is to be seen any
where on the fruit or in the apartments
Fruits rolled in the hand sound crisI
and rustic like the leaves in autumn. Ap-
pies which, in the bins, are as dry as powder
float in their perspiration, in two minute
time, if taken into the air. The dryness i
positively absolute, and Prof Nycs ma.
well congratulate himself on achieving thi
long sought-fOr result.
The atmosphere in the preserving room
is chilled down to $40. and kept there il
the warmsst westher. Scientific gentle
men who are di'po'ed to question this,
any such there may be here, are at liberty
and are specially invited, to investigate tn
matter for themselves Prof. N. has sue
ceeded in producing complete Preseryin
atmosphere, by securing the presence of th
elements thereto necessary, namely cold
ness, dryness purity, equality of temPsrs
ture at all times and in all parts Of th
honse, aud by excluding the light and th
oxygen of the air. Nothing is now wan
ing to the perfection of this fruit preservin
process, except a judgment iDfallible
discovering the exact proper time for th
removal of the fruit from the tree TO II
rooms. Time will supply the elements
this knowledge.