New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 269 
Various fungous diseases are much worse some seasons than 
others. Fruit affected by fungus cannot be expected to keep 
like clean fruit. ‘“ Baldwins affected by fungus will hold as put 
in storage until they reach a certain degree of maturity and 
then begin to rot.” (Howes.) 
The quicker fruit is put into refrigeration the less bitter rot, 
pinkrot and other diseases can develop. 
The following varieties are reported by Howes as being com- 
paratively little affected by differences of season: 
Cooper Market, Tompkins King, 
Roxbury, Yellow Bellflower. 
Tolman Sweet, 
Graham mentions Missouri Pippin as being in this category. 
The following varieties are reported by Howes as being more 
affected in keeping quality by differences in season than are most 
varieties : 
Holland Pippin, or Rhode Island Greening, 
Hubbardston, St. Lawrence, 
Maiden Blush, Twenty Ounce. 
Northern Spy, 
In this category Hart mentions Swaar and Graham mentions 
Fameuse. 
KINDS OF DETERIORATION THAT MAY PRECEDE DECAY IN COLD STORAGE, 
AND VARIETIES LIABLE TO EACH. 
Under the following sub-heads are given lists of varieties 
reported as showing certain peculiarities of behavior in deteriora- 
tion in chemical cold storage. 
In examining these lists it should be borne in mind that varie- 
ties often differ greatly in their manner of deterioration in differ- 
ent kinds of storage and under different conditions. These lists 
by no means indicate the unanimous experience of our corres- 
pondents. Not infrequently experiences run entirely counter to 
each other. 
VARIETIES LIABLE TO SCALD IN STORAGE. 
But few apples will scald if left on the tree until they get their 
color, remarks Graham, though any variety will scald if picked 
