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observed it was of the same opinion; that the absolute quietness, that is, 

 the absence of any movement in any onions that were frozen, was quite 

 a hirge factor in their keeping so well. I think that if you put such a 

 bin of onions into a buikling and connect it with the exterior wall, which 

 has more or less motion, you will find more or less decay. 



Mr. Morrill : This old gentleman in Illinois said he could not put apples 

 in a building and keep them. He had tried it before he tried this. 



Mr. Keid: Is the cellular construction of the onion particularly delicate 

 as compared with other vegetables and fruits? 



Prof. Waite: Why, yes. The onion has very large cells, however, and 

 it is a plant which, on account of the ease with which you can always get 

 living cells, has been much used to study cell structure of plants. I think, 

 as compared with the apple, it would be looked upon as more delicate, 

 more highly organized. It is used to get the delicate figures of protoplasm 

 for study. It has very large nuclei. In regard to its hardiness, I am 

 willing to learn from practical men rather than to theorize. 



Mr. Keid: If it had a delicate structure it would be more likely to be 

 ruptured? Prof. Waite: Yes, sir. 



Mr. Morrill : This question simply resolves itself into one or two meth- 

 ods, at least it has appeared to me so for a year or two; and those are 

 some method by which to store apples so that they wall keep; something, 

 as Prof. Taft has said, so that you can get at them and use them at any 

 time; or a method of cold storage by w^hich you freeze them and wait until 

 the proper time comes and then sell. Those are the tw^o plans, undoubt- 

 edly, for farmers to use in keeping apples for the market. If we can store 

 them as Prof. Taft has planned, it will be more profitable; but I just 

 threw in that man's experience in southern Illinois, which w'as so fully 

 corroborated that nobody doubted it, and I know that some large packers 

 of apples believe it; but it is not practicable to care for apples in that 

 way if you expect to go on the market at any time, as you may wish to do. 



