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storage its season is given as until April. It stands heat fairly 
well but should go into storage as soon as possible after being 
picked. Some report it as going down gradually, others quickly. 
The variety in nearly all cases reported as being free from objec- 
tionable features preceding decay, but only when the fruit is well- 
colored. This variety is one of the easiest to be bruised and there 
is much shrinkage in handling it. 
NORTHWESTERN Greening. Observations were made at the Sta- 
tion on the crops of 1895, ’96 and ’97. The average number of 
fruits stored was 103. The mean of the dates of storing was 
October 7; of average life March 11; and of going out June 29. 
The results were quite uniform in that there was little or no loss 
in October, a high rate of loss in November and sometimes in 
December, a moderate rate through mid-winter and a rate vary- 
ing from high to very high in the closing weeks of the season. 
On account of the high rate of loss early in the season and con- 
tinuous loss later it does not promise to be a very satisfactory 
variety for ordinary storage, yet it is a late keeper. A large part 
of the fruit does not reach prime condition before January, and 
much of it remains sound at the close of winter. 
In the Department cold storage tests medium-sized, No. 1 fruit 
from this Station, stored October 21, was hard and free from 
scald or decay May 1 and in good commercial condition till June 
1, when it began to soften. 
Storage men report its season as extending in cellar storage 
to December and in chemical cold storage to May. It stands heat 
well before going into storage and goes down gradually with loss 
of quality. 
OAKLAND (Oakland Seek-no-further). In our experience with 
the fruit grown at this Station its season in cellar storage begins 
late in November or early in December and continues till mid- 
winter or later. 
In the Department cold storage tests bright, hard, No. 1 fruit 
from this Station, stored October 21, was firm till March 1, and 
Semifirm and in good condition in boxes till April 15; no decay or 
scald. 
OccipeNT. Trials were made at the Station in 1895, ’96 and 
97. The average number of fruits stored was 106. The mean 
dates were October 21 for storing the fruit; April 25 for its aver- 
