298 ReporvT oF THE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
Wilson also believes that this variety should not be picked and put 
into the barrel at once. The fruit should first lay on straw on the 
ground for two or three weeks to color. 
HuntsMAN. Holds in cold storage well, season until Febru- 
Atyicl. 
Hurieutr. Fruit was stored in 1896, ’97 and 798. The mean 
dates were September 30 for storing; February 3 for average 
life; and April 4 for discarding last fruit. The results were quite 
variable with the different tests. The crop of ’98 showed a rather 
low rate of loss till after the first of April when the fruit began 
to go down very rapidly. The crop of 1897 went down at a rapid 
rate from the time it was put into storage. Two-thirds of it went 
out before the first of December. The crop of ’96 showed a pretty 
high rate of loss before the first of December, a low rate through 
December and January and a high rate again in February and 
succeeding months. 
In the Department cold storage tests hard fruit, not well- 
colored, stored September 27, was firm till April 1, after which 
it softened. 
Hype Kine (Hyde’s King of the West, Chase, Western 
Beauty of our previous records and of U. 8S. Dept. Agr., B. P. I. 
Bull. 48.) Apparently well adapted for holding in cold storage. 
In the Station tests 66 apples were stored October 17, 1896, and 
102 apples October 15, 1897. The mean dates were May 4 for 
average life, and July 28 when last fruit went out. The year 
1896 was decidedly unfavorable to the development of good keep- 
ing quality in apples. For the crop of 1896 the average life 
extended only till March 22, but for that of 1897 it extended to 
June 15. Ordinarily the fruit may be expected to keep till March 
or later. 
In the Department cold storage tests this variety from this 
Station, stored October 21, was firm and free from rot or scald 
May 1. 
JacoBs Sweer. Nota good keeper. It is said to crack and rot 
on the tree as well as in storage. 
In the Station tests fruit was stored in 1895, ’96 and ’97. The 
mean dates were October 7 for storing; February 12 for average 
life; and June 30 when the last fruit went out. All crops showed 
a pretty high rate of loss through the fall and early winter indi- 
