What in the flippin hell is the origin of the term “fruit cellar”?

I’ve looked a little on the web but cannot locate the origin of “fruit cellar”. I know it’s a synonymn for “pantry”, but it just sounds odd.

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A few days ago

Bob Thompson

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I’ve never heard of a ‘fruit cellar” but have heard of a ‘root cellar”.. a cellar, partially or wholly underground and usually covered with dirt, where root crops and other vegetables are stored. The word’s origin is 1815-1825

A few days ago

Darby

I’ve never heard of a “fruit cellar,” but I know what a root cellar is. In North Dakota, in the olden days, the folks would dig a cellar (basement) out in the yard and used it to store their potatoes and other root vegatables–onions, turnips, carrots, parsnips, rutabeggas, cabbage. It was really cold, but it didn’t freeze in the winter. It sometimes also doubled as the storm cellar. I think theysometimes stored milk, cream and butter in there to keep that stuff cool in the summer.

A few days ago

elisayn

This is from the olden days when there was no way to keep the fruits from spoiling without being cold A hole was dug as a cellar hole would be and the fruits and other perishables were stored in these so called fruit cellars, as under the ground it is much cooler….elisayn

A few days ago

michael n

origionalyl they were underground. because they were underground they were cold, allowing them to preserve fruits better. as a result pantries are known as fruit cellars from the days whent hey were nothing more then cellars in which fruit was kept.

A few days ago

redbeluga

I am not sure maybe some sort of wine cellar or fruity wine

A few days ago

FALL

where canned or jarred fruits were kept.

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What in the flippin hell is the origin of the term “fruit cellar”?

What in the flippin hell is the origin of the term “fruit cellar”?

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