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for perhaps the jiast generation, and at the time of ripening the market for 

 them is nver!siipj)Hoil : but if the poars are held at cold temperature for a 

 time, (ho market will be ready for them at an advance of l2()0 to .'J(Kiper cent. 

 If the fruit is jjicked at a proper time (before too ripe) and carefully handled, 

 it can be kept as long as is desired. I have never yet found the drip, or wa- 

 ter, from the melting ice overhead to be of any disadvantage to apples or 

 pears: have allowed it to pass freely through the crates containing the fruit. 

 Ill our latilude apples and ])ears ri])en earlier in fall. Varieties that keep 

 all winter and into the following spring at the North are decayed and gone 

 with us. Here again cold storage is convenient and prolitjible, enabling us to 

 hold apples and jiears until berries ripen the following sea.son. 



DISCUS.SION ON COLD .STORAGE OF I'liUlT.S. 



Mr. Ohincr, of Oliio — Formerly we were taught to regard a dry 

 atniosi)herc as best for fruits, es])ecially in cold storage. I would 

 a.sk Mr. Collins if this is true? 



Mi'. Collins, of New Jersey — For apples and pear.s I regard a 

 damp atmosphere as the be.st. They not only keep better but do 

 not lose so mucii bv shrinkatrc. For berries and the softer fruits 

 1 ."should prefer a dry atmosphere. 



Mr. Van Deiiian, of Kansas — Then you would regard a dryatmos- 

 ])here in eold storage as a fault, especially for apj)les and pears? 



Mr. Collins — I should, from the fact that they keep no better 

 and lose heavily by shriid-cage. 



Mr. Auf/ur, of Connecticut — Do the russet pears and apjiles keep 

 as well as smooth-skinned varieties? 



Mr. CoUinK — I can not answer, not having had experience. 



Mr. Pierce, of Ohio — How long will apfiles and i)ears keep after 

 being taken out of eold storage? 



Mr. Collins — h^rom one to two weeks, as very mueh depends on 

 the outside temperature. 



}[r. Stoner, of Louisiana — Will pears color as well in damp a- in 

 dry storage? 



Mr. Colliux — I>y no means. 



Mr. Pierce — There is a very successful storage house in Cleve- 

 land. They use dry air for oranges and lemons, and. damp for a]>- 

 ples and pears. 



