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any bruising, or whether you get most of the apples and 

 some of the twigs. 



Now, Question 14 is asked for : ' ' What is the best prac- 

 tical grader for the small grower?" 



(No response). 



THE PRESIDENT: Apparently we don't grade with 

 the grader around here? 



MR. FROST : A new one came out at Rochester, New 

 York,, that was selling for $60, and I imderstand it is going 

 to be just about what the small grower wants. There is a 

 bare possibility of its being at Hartford at the next conven- 

 tion doA^Ti there. I have been watching the graders every 

 year for a long while, and I have always felt they were all 

 too expensive, and this one came the nearest to a reasonable 

 price that I have heard of. 



THE PRESIDENT: No. 19 has been asked for: "Who 

 has had experience with a small cold storage plant, of from 

 1000 to 5000 barrel capacity? Give experience and results." 



]\1R. HITTINGER: Years ago I had an ice plant which 

 we put in for our pears, somewhere about three or four 

 thousand bushels, and I put in my Bartletts, and when they 

 came out I would have the Bosc and the Anjous. That 

 was an ice cooler and worked fairly well. But of course 

 late in the season the ice would melt down and I wouldn't 

 get the results I ought to ; but if a person had a good cellar, 

 he could work the cellar in good shape if he would watch it, 

 and when he got a good, cool night, open it up. You must 

 have it so you can open it up. The trouble is that some of 

 these places have only a little window, and it takes all night 

 to get any air in there. I use that cellar now, but I open it 

 up thoroughly, and you would be suprised to see how quick- 

 ly you can cool it right down. For the last few years I have 

 sold our pears just as they were picked, so I haven 't had so 

 much use for it. 



QUESTION : I would like to ask what is the best way 

 when you are picking your apples, whether to put them di- 

 rectly into the cellar, or in a shed or barn and keep them 



