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that are equally r\pv aiid arc held in the same outside temperature. The 

 rapidity witli which, the fru^t deteriorates on renioval from storage de- 

 pends, first, upon the degree of maturity when removed, and second, on 

 the temperature into which it is taken. Late in the spring the fruit is 

 far advanced in its life and the weather is hecoming warmer and there- 

 fore the ai)ples break down more quickly at th.at time than early in winter. 

 .In commercial practice a large proportion of the fruit is held in storage 

 late in the season for an advance in price, and the owner removes it not 

 because the price has advanced, but a longer storage would result in 

 serious deterioration from rots and over ripeness. When a considerable 

 amount of stock is decayed on removal from the warehouse, the evidence 

 is conclusive the apples should have been sold earlier in the season. 



The foiloAving table shows the amount of decay on Baldwin apples 

 removed from the same barrel to dififerent temperatures : 



AMOUNT OF DECAY AFTER REMO\-AE FRO?*I STORAGE TO DIFFEREXT 



TEMPERATURES. 



THE iMPOKTAXCE OF GfH)D FRUIT. 



Apples do not impro\-e in grade in cold storage. In handling a crop 

 too much care can not be given to grading the fruit properly before it 

 enters the storage liouse. The contents of many packages are injured 

 by the spread of disease from a few imjuM-fect apples. Rots enter the 

 fruit most easih; wherever the skin is bruised or broken, and in the 

 earlv stages of the rot development it is common to see the diseases 

 manifesting themselves around worm holes or bruises occasioned by 

 rough handling, from nails that protrude through the barrels, or from 

 other causes. 



When the crop is light it may pay to store apples that are not of 

 the first grade, but such fruit should be rigidly eliminated from the best 

 stock and stored where it can be removed earlier in the season than the 

 better qualities. 



