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ditions being equal apples will keep better when the season has 

 been a dry one as compared with a wet one. 



HANDLING. 



The careful handling of fruit at the time of picking and 

 packing is of the utmost importance to its keeping qualities and 

 market value. Some varieties are very easily bruised and need 

 to be handled with the greatest of care. 



COLD STORAGE. 



We would strongly recommend that every orchardist make 

 arrangements for a more desirable cold storage than the ordinary 

 farm-house cellar where all kinds of vegetables, including pota- 

 toes, are stored. The apple is too sensitive to odors to be con- 

 fined in a cellar where potatoes are kept. If no building is 

 available that would be suitable to remodel for this purpose 

 it might be a profitable investment to construct one. Several 

 of our correspondents have spoken very favorably of the idea 

 of cold storage buildings, one especially recommending con- 

 struction of a general cold storage plant at some central point. 



GROUND PLAN FOR COLD STORAGE. 



We have drawn a plan simply as a suggestion regarding the 

 construction of a building for this purpose. 



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