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proprietor could then show the temperature at which the fruit had been 

 held, and this should be compulsory for the benefit of the owner of the 

 fruit. A changing, irregular temperature is not good for the fruit. 



Mr. Flournoy — We did not have the temperature of our storage 

 irregular, but when ice came on the water we shut down the machine. 

 Blocks of ice kept three months. We shut down the last of April and 

 kept York and Grimes Golden until the last. The hand-picked fruit kept 

 well, but those taken from the ground became discolored. The ripened 

 and matured kept the best. We did not carry a dead-even temperature. 



Mr. Barnes — Is it necessary to put all apples in cold storage? Are 

 not some as good in a cave on the farm ? The York keeps better in a 

 cave, as it does not deteriorate as much as it does in storage. We need 

 to study the different varieties and the effects of different methods of 

 storing. Ben Davis and some other sorts keep best in cold storage, but 

 York will keep until the first of May under the right conditions in a 

 cave or- cellar. 



Mr. Flournoy — We ran through the building a force of air to 

 cleanse the storage room nearly every day, and thus raisng the tempera- 

 ture up to 40 or 45 degrees, and then brought it down again. 



iMr. Tippin — 'Mr. Flournoy has succeeded in keeping his apples bet- 

 ter than I have seen anywhere else. I saw Ben Davis as green in April 

 as when put in in October, and when taken out they held up well. This 

 success was due largely to the' fact that the apples were put in storage 

 immediately on barreling. I saw little difference, as far as varieties 

 were concerned. The time has come when it will not pay to store, un- 

 less the fruit goes in direct from the orchard, properly packed and 

 picked. There is no use in growing if we fail to keep, or market, our 

 fruit. Few people understand the immense storage capacity of this 

 country. This is now so great that, if all was filled at one time, the vol- 

 ume of fruit could not be consumed in the short season at a high price. 

 Mr. Flournoy had no loss by shrinkage. If we lose 10 or 15 per cent 

 in this way, it brings the returns down badly. Store the fruit in the 

 best way, and there will be no shrinkage, but a good profit. And re- 

 member that it costs as much to store good fruit as it does poor, and 

 the shrinkage of the latter is much greater. 



Secretary Goodman — In storing for the World's Fair we learned 

 three points. First, that the fruit should go to cold storage as quickly 

 as possible (those delayed in getting to storage showed a wonderful dif- 

 ference), so we had the fruit sent directly to the cold storage plant by 

 express. Two old theories have been exploded, viz. : that too great a 

 degree of cold scalds the fruit, and that the fruit should not be entirely 



