July, 19 iQ 



BETTER FRUIT 



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Fruit and vegetable storage cellar (extei'ior view). This illustration gives view of a storage cellar 



at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Its dimensions are 50 feel long by 10 feet 6 inches 



wide. It is built of concrete and the method of construction is the Van Guilder hollow-wall type. 



It has three ventilators of six-inch tile and cost $400 when completed. 



of the bins because of a false floor. This 

 floor consists of 2 by 4 joists covered by 

 1 by 4-inch boards, with 1 inch space 

 between. Joists are so placed that air 

 can pass from one end of the cellar to 

 the other. Openings in the floor allow 

 the air to pass up through the bin, thus 

 cooling contents. Bin walls are also 

 built so that cold air can pass upward 

 around the bins. If the air in this cellar 

 becomes bad because of ripening fruit 

 or because of excess moisture, ventila- 

 tion can be secured by opening one of 

 the manhole covers slightly. Usually, 

 however, the ventilation obtained inci- 

 dental to initial cooling of the cellar is 

 sufficient to carry away all vitiated air. 

 Even in the best of storage cellars the 

 air is apt to become too dry at intervals, 

 thus causing fruit to shrink and shrivel. 



This tendency should be carefully 

 watched and, as soon as evident, the air 

 in the cave should be moistened by 

 sprinkling water on the floor. Cold, 

 moist conditions are to be sought, but 

 the first consideration should be a low, 

 uniform temperature. 



A good location for a storage cellar is 

 on a hillside. Such a location makes it 

 possible to have entrance at grade. A 

 north front is to be desired because 

 such exposure avoids direct rays of sun 

 when the cellar must be opened and 

 also draws in cold air at night. 



Georgia Horticultural Meeting. 



Horticulturists throughout the coun- 

 try are being invited by the Georgia 

 State Horticultural Society to attend its 

 annual meeting, which will be held this 



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year at Cornelia, Georgia, on the 20th 

 and 21st of August. Cornelia is a well- 

 known Southern summer resort, and 

 those who attend the meeting are prom- 

 ised a pleasant and interesting occasion. 



Veteran Fruitman Visits 

 United States 



After an absence of several years ow- 

 ing to the war, Michael Simons, the vet- 

 eran English fruitman, made a visit to 

 the United States during the past 

 month. Mr. Simons is a member of the 

 firms of Simons, Shuttleworth & French 

 Co., New York, Simons, Jacobs & Co. of 

 Glasgow, Scotland, and Garcia, Jacobs 

 & Co., London, and although seventy- 

 seven years old, still takes a very active 

 part in the fruit trade. 



Michael Simons, veteran fruitman of London, 



who recently visited United States and predicts 



prosperous season in export apple trade. 



In New York, where he visited the 

 trade, he received a very warm wel- 

 come after his long absence. It has 

 been the custom of Mr. Simons when he 

 visits America to come West and visit 

 the Northwest fruit-producing districts, 

 but this year, owing to other matters 

 that took much of his time, he elimi- 

 nated the Western trip. 



Mr. Simons while in New York re- 

 ported that the pro.spects for the coming 

 apple season in Great Britain are very 

 encouraging. In speaking of the out- 

 look for 1919 season abroad he said: 

 "We expect a prosperous apple season 

 this year in England and Scotland. By 

 the time the apples are ready for export 

 England should have acquired a con- 

 siderable number of new ships, and I 

 have no doubt that a liberal provision 

 will be made for apples. What the 

 freight rates will be, however, are un- 

 certain at the present time." 



Concrete fruit storage cellar (interior view). This storage cellar, which is located on the grounds 

 of the Great Northern Nursery Company, at Baraboo, Wisconsin, has a capacity of 5,000 



barrels of fruit. 



Fruit men are becoming alive to the 

 fact that the pear is a profitable fruit 

 for Western Oregon, and heavier plant- 

 ing is expected in the near future. 



