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went out July 5. During the fall and winter the loss varied from 
low to moderate. It became high early in May and continued so 
till the close of the season. The fruit kept till the first of May 
with but comparatively little loss. 
Lawver (Delaware Red Winter). In the Station tests fruit 
was stored in 1895, 96 and 97. Average number stored 73. The 
mean date for storing was October 13; for average life May 4; 
and for discarding the last fruit July 25. The rate of loss was 
low till May 1, after which the fruit went out gradually in one 
case and in the other two tests pretty rapidly. Commercial limit 
of the variety appears to be March or possibly April. 
Storage men give the season of this variety as extending to 
February or March in cellar storage and to April in chemical cold 
storage. It stands heat well before going into storage and goes 
down gradually. 
Limpertwic. Season in cellar storage until February and in 
chemical cold storage until May (Newhall) or July 1 (Graham). 
It stands heat well before going into storage and goes down 
gradually. 
LoneFietp. In the Station tests fruit was stored in 1895, 796 
and ’97. The average number stored was 89. The mean date for 
storing was September 24; for average life November 30; and for 
going out February 15. The results of the different tests are 
pretty uniform, showing a high percentage of loss throughout the 
fall and in fact till the close of the season. The variety does not 
appear well adapted for holding outside of cold storage. Com- 
mercial season September or possibly later. 
In the Department cold storage tests clear, well-colored, No. 1 
fruit from this Station, stored October 21, in semifirm condition, 
reached its commercial limit December 1, after which its flesh 
grew mealy. 
LonewortH (Longworth Red Winter). In the Station tests 
103 apples were stored October 2, 1896, and 65 apples October 16, 
1897. The mean date for storing was October 9; for average life 
December 14; and for going out February 9. The results were 
not uniform. In 1896, 90 per ct. of the crop was gone by the 
last of December but in 1897 the rate of loss was moderate up 
to the middle of January, after which the fruit went down very 
rapidly. Our experience with the variety leads us to regard the 
