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age shed or granary? A good many of those apples were Patten's 

 Greening, and some were Wealthy and other varieties. 



Mr. Elliott : If you had no storage room or cellar, what has 

 been your experience in placing them on the ground and covering 

 them lightly with straw or hay ? 



Mr. Shuman : I found that was better than anything else ; 

 that is as near nature as we can get it. Take an apple from any 

 tree that falls on the ground and lies in the grass, that apple is as 

 good when it freezes as when it fell from the tree. 



Mr. Geo. J. Kellogg (Wis.) : What is the size of your cellar? 



Mr. Shuman : 9x14. Apples will keep better in a root cellar be- 

 cause an ordinary cellar is too dry. I do not think it would do, be- 

 cause you have got to have moisture to keep apples. 



Mr. Henry Haggard : What is the special advantage of an 

 outdoor cellar over an ordinary house cellar? 



Mr. Shuman : A house cellar as a general thing is too dry. 



Mr. Haggard : Mine is damp, and I can keep Wealthy till 

 March or April although they lose somewhat in flavor. 



Mr. A. J. Philips : Have you a separate cellar for fruit and 

 vegetables ? 



Mr. Haggard : I have not. 



The Chairman : I have repeatedly had apples sent in in which I 

 could taste potatoes, onions, cabbage and other vegetables, and that 

 is very likely the reason they were off flavor. 



Prof. Hansen : It is along the same line exactly ; if you are 

 where they have cabbage and onions and rutabagas you will have 

 the flavor of the whole family. (Laughter.) 



Air. Seth Kenney : In putting boxes of fruit in the cellar is it 

 better to pack them together as closely as possible or should a lit- 

 tle space be left between the boxes? 



The Chairman : I would leave a little space between them. 



Prof. E. D. Sandsten (Wis.) : You spoke about wrapping 

 some of your apples in paper. How do they compare with the others 

 that were put away? 



Mr. Shuman : I have three bushels in the cellar now that were 

 picked early, wrapped in paper and set in an outside shed. Those 

 that were in the root cellar were wilted, and a number were taken 

 out, but those wrapped in paper were all right. 



The Chairman : They will keep better than without. 



Mr. Kenney : My apples are as good without paper. 



Mr. Philips : My wife says an apple wrapped in paper six 

 weeks is not fit to eat. 



Mr. Preston McCully : I agree with Mr. Philips on that point, 

 but if wrapped in waxed paper they are not affected at all. 



Mr. Shuman : I had some put in paper sacks and packed 



