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conditions the least pit occurs when 

 the trees are lightly watered through- 

 out the season, and the greatest amount 

 of pit when water is too liberally 

 applied late in the season; and that in 

 cold storage a uniform and constant 

 temperature of 30-32 degrees Fahren- 

 heit retards the development of pit and 

 arrests the ripening process. Bailey, in 

 his "Principles of Fruit Growing," rec- 

 ommends that "in the case of apples, it 

 is generally best to pick them, if they 

 are to be stored or exported, just as 

 they have arrived at their full size and 

 when they have attained only a part of 

 their full color. Apples which are 

 slightly green, however, generally con- 

 tinue to keep well after being taken 

 from cold storage. 



From these experiments we are fully 

 justified in recommending: (1) For 

 export purposes, to pick the fruit when 

 it has reached its full size, but before 

 it is fully ripe. (2) With pit-liable trees 

 at least, to prune as lightly as possible 

 when the bearing stage is reached, 

 having regard to the bearing capacity 

 of the tree, the vigor of its growth and 

 the symmetrical development of its 

 laterals. (3) When irrigation is prac- 

 ticed, to water lightly throughout the 

 season, according to requirements and 

 in order to keep the trees steadily 

 going. (4) In oversea shipments it is 

 necessary to maintain a constant and 

 uniform temperature of 30-32 degrees 

 Fahrenheit. The most successful ship- 

 ment of apples from Australia was car- 

 ried out on this principle. At the bot- 

 tom of the hold there was a layer of six 

 inches of sawdust, and the sides were 

 lined with vegetable matting, as a good 

 non-conductor of heat. 



The export trade in apples from the 

 commonwealth has now assumed large 

 dimensions, and it is gratifying to find 

 that we now know how to regulate the 

 temperature of the freezing chambers 

 so as to prevent the serious losses 

 formerly arising from bitter pit devel- 

 oping on the voyage, and also from uni- 

 form temperature and until a line of 

 commonwealth steamers has been 

 established with refrigerating space, 



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