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In the Department cold storage tests hard, well colored, No. 1 
fruit from this Station, stored November 15, was firm and free 
from decay and scald March 14. May 1 it was soft and consider- 
ably decayed but free from scald. 
Storage men give its season in cellar storage as extending to 
December and in chemical cold storage to February. It does not 
stand heat well before going into storage and goes down rather 
quickly. In going down it is reported to scald, lose in quality, 
color and firmness and to become mealy and burst. Powell and 
Fulton remark that this variety, unless highly colored, is one of the 
“worst to scald after midwinter. 
Wacpripcr. At the Station fruit of the crops of 1895, ’96 and 
97 was under test. The average number of fruits stored was 
108. The mean date of storing was October 8, of average life April 
15 and of discarding of last specimens June 23. The crop of 1895 
kept poorly and showed a high rate of loss, beginning in the 
latter part of December and continuing till the season closed. In 
the other years results were more normal and there was but 
little loss till March, when it became high. Commercial limit 
February. 
In the Department cold storage tests hard, green, fair, No. 1 
fruit from this Station was stored October 21. After March 15 
the fruit softened and much of it became mealy. 
Storage men give its season in cellar storage as February and 
in chemical cold storage as May. It stands heat well before going 
into storage and goes down very gradually, scalding and losing 
in quality, color and firmness. Powell and Fulton remark that 
this variety often ripens unevenly and becomes mealy and dis- 
colored in flesh while the skin is bright in color. 
WaLLAce Howarp. Fruit of the crop of 1897 showed an aver- 
age life of March 27, with the last fruits going out June 11. It 
showed a low rate of decay from- November till March then went 
down more rapidly. Season November to March or later. 
WasHinctron Royau. Fruit of the crops of 1895, ’96 and ’97 
was tested at the Station. The average number of fruits stored 
was 101. The mean date of storing was October 11, of average 
life March 26 and of going out of last fruits June 21. The dif- 
ferent seasons gave widely different figures for average life, rang- 
ing from January 28 to June 5. The fruit went down continuously 
