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Usually a few concentric circles appear in the • fully developed 

 freckle, which, to the naked eye seem to be caiised by a fungus. Other 

 specimens affected similarly to those illustrated were submitted to Mr. 

 C. C. Brittlebank, Vegetable Pathologist, for investigation, and he 

 reported that no fungous organi.sms were tuund a.ssociated with the 

 freckles. Luckily the freckles are of rather rare occurrence and the 

 losses caused by them may be even more easily reduced to a minimum, 

 than those resulting from .Jonathan Spot, by adopting the precautions 

 recommended in the case of the latter disease. 



Cool Storage of Fruit. 



The many private and co-operative cool stores erected in the various 

 fruit-growing districts during recent year.-;, as well as the patronage 

 extended to those in the metropolis, show how the orchardists appreciate 

 this method of fruit storage. By this means the marketing season is 

 considerably extended and market gluts are prevented. Those who 

 cultivate fruit extensively benefit by being enabled to regulate the 

 supply to meet the demand. Small growers who do not cool store their 



Plate 200. — Jonathan Apples showing freckles 



fruit are afforded a better market with more remunerative prices. 

 When the export of apples was suspended diiring the continuance of 

 the war, the losses of many orchardists would have been ruinous but 

 for the existence of cool stores. 



Because of the sxiccess which has attended this phase of aj)ple 

 growing particularly, the stores built a few years ago have already had 

 their holding capacity duplicated, and the duplication of others erected 

 only recently is already being contemplated. 



Our cool stores are substantially constructed \yooden buildings with 

 insulated walls and a padded close-fitting door to oach air-tight 

 ■chamber. A battery room is connected by two wooden air ducts to the 

 chambers. A fan is placed in the mouth of one of the ducts to circulate 

 the cold air from the battery room along this duct and through the 

 chambers. By means of the other duct the air returns from the 

 chambers to the battery where it is ooled and used again and again, 

 thus maintaining the chambers at the required temj^erature. The 

 ammonia process of refrigeral ion. which is based on the liquefaction and 



