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Prof. Eustace— That depends upon the amount of fruit you desire to 

 cool. When we have lots of fruit it takes tAvice the amount that it 

 would otherwise. 



A Member — Hoav many tons of ice are required for a thousand bushels 

 of apples? 



Prof. Eustace — It will require 125 to 175 tons of ice. 



A Member — ^Does it take as much ice to run this gravity plant system 

 as it does the ice and salt in pipes run through the house itself? 



Prof. Eustace — No, it does not, that is our advantage of it. 



A member — Is there any objection to putting these pipes for refrigera- 

 tion in the cellar? 



Prof. Eustace — No, you must have the tank room higher than the 

 room in which the crates are. 



A Member — How about ventilation? 



Prof. Eustace — You must provide for that. Arrange to admit the 

 cold air at the bottom of the room and let the warm air out at the 

 opening at the top. 



A Member — Where are those pipes? 



Prof. Eustace — Eight up against the wall. 



Question — What objection is there to the snow accumulating on the 

 pipes? 



Prof. Eustace— After it has been allowed to accumulate and get thick 

 you don't get as much cold from the pipes as you should. It acts as a 

 kind of insulator on the pipes and has to be gotten off in order to get 

 the best cooling effects from the pipes. 



Question — How low a temperature is it safe to go for apples packed 

 in barrels, or unpacked? 



Prof, Eustace — Water will freeze at 32°. An apple will freeze at 

 28 or 29 degrees. The apple is not just the same as water but it is not 

 safe to go below 28 or 29 degrees with apples. An apple that is frosted 

 will come out all right provided thawed out gradually but the trouble is 

 that they thaw out too quickly. 



THE MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWER'S OPPORTXINITY. 



C. B. COOK, OWOSSO. 



Michigan is pre-eminently a fruit-growing state. The vast extent of 

 her lands adapted to a wide range of hardy fruits emphasizes her mag- 

 nificent opportunity. While she leads all other states in the Union in 

 the production of other vital products, her fruit areas are her choicest 

 heritage. To bring Michigan to her own and develop to a reasonable 

 degree those areas that will make it possible for her to successfully 

 lead the world against all comers in her favored lines of fruit production 

 is the duty of her fruit-growing fraternity. 



With a soil adapted to all of the best of our hardy fruits ; with a lat- 

 itude that insures the production of the highest quality that can be pur- 

 chased and with a magnificent water frontage that defies all other 

 areas, where are tempered alike the northern and southern portions of 



