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in Indiana will produce good apples. I have never found a good tree 

 that received good care, when there was a crop in Indiana, but what had 

 a crop. 



Mr. STioemaker: Are those varieties for southern Indiana suitable 

 for the level region of central Indiana? 



Mr. Reach: I think they are. A commercial orchard, near this city, 

 owned by Mr. Flick, produces paying crops of good quality, and within 

 the last few years there have been apples, in a small way, grown around 

 Indianapolis, the quality of which was fairly good, and this shows that 

 if they had the trees they would have the fruit. No question about this 

 territory producing the fruit. 



Mr. Shoemaker: If sixty or seventy-five miles away from cold stor- 

 age, I would like to know about expenses? 



Mr. Keach: A man situated sixty or seventy-five miles away from 

 cold storage and unsettled in fall of year as to proper course to pursue 

 in disposing of his crop, would first take up the question of cold storage 

 and make his arrangement after making his contract for storage. The 

 price for cold storage runs at so much per barrel or so much per season. 

 The usual price is 15 cents per barrel for the first month and 10 cents per 

 barrel for each additional mouth, or 40 cents for the season. The season 

 rate means you may put your apples in at packing time and may take 

 them out any time between that and first of June, any time you are 

 ready. The cold storage people see to this business. You put yourself 

 in correspondence with them and they will make you a rate; you pack 

 your apples and ship them direct to the cold storage and they send you 

 a warehouse receipt. The apples are yours and never leave your posses- 

 sion, at all, and they are at your disposal. You can take the buyer to 

 cold storage and show him your apples at any time. There is some differ- 

 ence made in rates. Contract for your rates. There are three cold stor- 

 age buildings in Indianapolis, and if one asks too much, go to the other. 

 Price would be for the season, 40 cents, 15 cents per barrel and 10 cents 

 for each additional month. They are ready to take them just as early 

 as shippers are ready to send them in. When packing for cold storage, 

 apples should be picked early, as soon as they have taken on full color, 

 not premature, but not permitted to remain on the tree until they com- 

 mence to drop. Should be picked full early. The apple passes through 

 various stages of decomposition. Take it before mature and get it into 

 cold storage at once, and there is no telling how long you could keep 

 them, 



Mr. Burton: What chance is there for storing our apples for St. 

 Louis Exposition through summer? 



