EXPERIMENT STATION WORK WITH APPLES. 565 



Especiiilly ssitisfjictorv results were secured in the cold st()ra*>"e of 

 F:imrus(' and \\'('idtli\ . hotli of which kept well until Miiicli. The 

 results sccuhmI with tlit'sc two fruits are believed to be of great \alue 

 to tile apple "rowers of Iowa, since thev are hardy throuj^hout the 

 Statt', productive, and of excellent (|ualitv. Other standard varieties 

 that kept well in cold storayv wer(> Ben Davis. Dominic oi- AN'ells, 

 Janet. Kouianitc. and \\'illow Twio-. 



Many experiments have l)een made to determine tiie value of wrap- 

 pint( apples kept over winter either in an ordinary cellar oi- in cold 

 storage. At the New Hampshire Station" it was found that wrapped 

 ai)ples kept considei'ably better than unwrapped, particularly during 

 the later months of storage. Hut little ditference was noted until 

 March 1. The Colorado State Board of Horticulture^ has published 

 the results of a test of the comparative value of wrapping apples and 

 of storing them without wrapping. Both the wrapped and unwrap])ed 

 fruit were placed in cold storage in the fall. The following dune fully 

 70 per cent of the unwrapped apples were decayed, and those remain- 

 insT in tirm condition were so badlv discolored and had lost flavor to 

 such an extent as to render them wholly unfit for either show or 

 market. In this experiment the apples were wrapped tirst in a sheet 

 of wax paper and then in common news paper. When only common 

 news paper was used to wrap the fruit about 80 per cent was in very 

 poor condition .June 1, while varieties picked and stored at the same 

 time, using the double wrapping of wax sheets and connnon paper, 

 remained in almost perfect condition as late as November 1. Of four 

 diti'erent forms of wrapping material used at the New Hampshire Sta- 

 tion, namely, heavy wax manila, thin wax manila, plain nianila tissue, 

 and news paper, but very little difference was noticed in the efi'ective- 

 ness of the different wrappings, and it is Ixdieved that clean news paper 

 is as good as the more expensive forms. 



In a test reported by the Central F^xperimental Farms of Canada*^ 

 of wrapped versus unwrapped fruit, the wrapped fruit kept best. 

 There were fewer rotten apples and they lost least b}' evapoi'ation. 



At the West \'irgiiua Station'' fruit kept in cold storage in the light, 

 with the exception of York Imperial, lost more in weight than fruit 

 in darkness. There was also a slightly greater loss of weight in apples 

 stored in open barrels than those stored in headed barrels. The same 

 station also states that ])ractical experience in that State has shown 

 that the later the Willow and Rome Beauty can be placed in cold 

 storage without being actually frozen on the trees the better they 

 will keep. 



t-New HaiiipHhire Sta. liul. 93. 

 ''folorddo suite H<1. Hurt. Kpt. IH5>8, p. 39. 

 '•Canada (Vnt. Kxj.t. Fanu Hpt. 1H97. 

 t/Wertt N'irginiu Sta. IJul. 74. 



