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quality and firmness if kept too late, shriveling, becoming mealy 
and bursting. Hoag remarks that this variety holds in better 
condition if kept rather damp. 
Sr. Lawrence. This variety is too early to go into storage as 
a rule. 
Fruit was stored at the Station in 1895, ’96 and ’97. The 
average number of fruits stored was 83. The mean date of stor- 
ing was September 24, of average life December 24 and of dis- 
carding last specimens March 16. This variety fluctuated widely 
in keeping quality in different seasons. October appears to be its 
commercial limit. The fruit began going down in October and by 
January 1 one-third or more was gone. 
Storage men report its season in cellar storage as October and 
in chemical cold storage until December. It does not stand heat 
well before going into storage and goes down quickly. In going 
down it is variously reported as scalding, losing in quality and 
firmness in storage, skin becoming bitter, shriveling, becoming 
mealy and bursting. Britton remarks that the fruit may not 
remain on the tree until it becomes well-colored and that unless 
it is well-colored it fades in the barrel to a gray color, rendering 
it almost valueless. But Howes remarks that the fruit retains 
firmness if fully ripe and that the bitterness of the skin is due 
to the fruit being picked too green. 
Satome. In the Station tests fruit of the crops of 1895, 96 and 
97 was stored, the average number of specimens put under test 
being 94. The mean date of storing was October 19, of average 
life April 10 and of going down of last fruits July 7. The fruit 
of 1895 kept poorly and went down at a rather rapid rate from 
mid-November till the season closed. In the other years the fruit 
kept well till the last of March, after which the rate of loss gradu- 
ally increased. Commercial limit March but in exceptional sea- 
sons December. 
In the Department cold storage tests No. 1 fruit from this Sta- 
tion, stored October 21, was in good condition till April 1, when 
scald appeared freely. June 1 it was still hard but all scalded. 
Storage men give its season in cellar storage as extending to 
January and in chemical cold storage to May. It stands heat 
well before going into storage and goes down gradually. 
