950 Report oF THE HorTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THB 
NEW YORK APPLES IN STORAGE.* 
S. A. Beacw AnD V. A. CLARK. 
INTRODUCTION. 
This bulletin treats of different varieties of apples with 
regard to their natural season of ripening and keeping and their 
adaptability for storage. The material has been obtained from 
three distinctly different sources. First, from tests made at this 
Station on fruit which was grown in the Station orchards and 
stored in a small warehouse without artificial refrigeration ; 
second, from men who have had years of practical experience in 
handling fruit, both in cold storage and in ordinary fruit ware- 
houses; and third, from tests made by the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture in cooperation with this Station on numer- 
ous varieties of apples from the Station orchards in chemical 
cold storage, the results of which have quite recently become 
available. 
The primary purpose of the tests which were made at this 
Station was to determine the ordinary season of ripening and 
the keeping qualities of the different varieties of apples which 
were being grown in the Station orchards. These tests brought 
out some results of general interest concerning the keeping of 
apples which are worthy of publication, but which are quite 
incomplete when regarded from the standpoint of the general 
adaptability of these varieties to storage purposes. 
In order that we might be able to present a still more complete 
account of the behavior of different sorts of apples in storage 
than could be derived from our experiments it seemed good to 
consult on this subject those men who have had experience in 
storing apples on a large scale under commercial conditions. 
Accordingly, the following list of questions was sent out to a 
number of storage men: 
WIAD YA Aare aoe bien sa esas sonar tote 
(1) How many years’ experience in handling apples? 
(2) Under what other names do you know this particular variety? 
*A reprint of Bulletin No. 248. 
