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accounts for the small size of the plums. Although the results witii plums were not so 

 marked as in the case of peaches, the evidence points the same moral. In both cases it 

 wiU be observed that the early thinning bore the most profitable results, and it will 

 manifestly pay to commence all work of this kind immediately after the fruit sets." 



Thinning at C. E. F. 



The above small experiment points the same moral and emphasizes the result 

 obtained by Mr. Burrell. 



APPLE STORING EXPERIMENTS. 



Quite an extended series of trials were made last winter with a view of securing 

 information regarding methods of storing apples in winter. Some of the points involved 

 were (1) wrapped versus unwrapped fruit ; (2) cellar versus ground floor storage ; (3) close, 

 ver»us ventilated packages. The experiments began in the autumn, were carried 

 through the winter, the final examination being made July 29, 1897. Twenty-four 

 varieties of apples were included in the trials. The results given below are averages : — 



1. Wrapped versus unwrapped apples. 



Percent, ^^S^* 



S"^*^- Scale of 100. 



"Wrapped and stored in cellar 42 • 37 



" store-room 36 • 33 



Unwrapped in cellar 32 • 8 29 



" store-room 33 • 23 



Specimens wrapped in paper kept best, there were fewer rotten apples, and they lost 

 least by evaporation. The ground floor store-room did not preserve them as well as the 

 cellar. 



CLOSE versus ventilated packages. 



This was tested by packing equal quantities of six varieties of apples in boxes of the 

 same make with, and without ventilation. Half of the cases were placed in the cellar 

 the other half in the upper store-room. 



Besults. 



