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difference of over two months in the season of the fruit the two 
years. The 1897 crop kept quite well until February but the 1896 
crop began going down rapidly in November and the last speci- 
mens went out February 9. | 
Cold storage men give its season in cellar storage as extending 
to January and in chemical cold storage to March. It stands 
heat before going into storage fairly well and goes down rather 
gradually. In going down it loses in quality in storage and the 
skin becomes bitter and the fruit becomes decidedly mealy and 
bursts. 
Pommeroy (see Lavy Sweer). 
Pomona (Cox Pomona). Fruit from the crops of 1895, ’96 
and ’97 was tested at the Station. The average number stored 
was 51. The mean date of storing was September 23, of average 
life November 10 and of going out of last specimens January 30. 
The fruits had nearly all spoiled by the middle of November. 
Commercial limit October. 
Pound Sweet of Central and Western New York. (See Pump- 
KIN Sweet.) This fruit is large, globular, green, marbled with 
yellow and with spots or streaks of whitish scarf skin. 
PounD Sweet (Red Pound Sweet; not Pumpkin Sweet). Fruit 
of the crops of 1895 and ’96 was under observation at this Station. 
The average number stored was 77. The mean date of storing was 
September 9, of average life November 5 and of going out of last 
specimens January 7. Results both seasons were quite similar. 
Season October. Deterioration set in early and proceeded rapidly. 
PuMPKIN Russert. Fruit of the crops of 1895 and ’96 was tested 
at the Station. The average number stored was 84. The mean 
date of storing was September 9, of average life November 18 
and of going out of last specimens March 25. The average life of 
the fruit was almost the same both seasons. Deterioration began 
in September and by November the fruit was nearly all spoiled. 
Season September and October. 
In the Department cold storage tests, No. 1 fruit from this 
Station, stored September 27, was a little past commercial con- 
dition and commencing to soften January 6. 
PuMPKIN Sweer (Lyman Pumpkin Sweet, Pound Sweet of 
Central and Western New York). 
