TWENTY-FIRST A^fNUAL MEETING. 



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A Member: Is cold storage necessary? That is the 

 real point. • . - 



Professor Sears : I do not think it is. Not in the 

 sense in which I understand you use the term. I do not 

 know where these apples came from. 



The Vice-President: Mr. Root, a gentleman here 

 wants to know how these apples that are shown here are 

 kept. I was wondering whether you would say a few words 

 on that subject, as to whether these apples were kept in 

 ordinary storag'e or in cold storage. 



Mr. Root : I think those were not kept in cold stor- 

 age. If they had been in cold storage, I think there is very 

 little doubt but what they would have been scalded. Of 

 course, it depends on the storage, and how careful you are 

 to take care of them. 



The Vice-President: I think that is the great trou- 

 ble with Greenings. Where Greenings have been held over 

 until January and February they have usually begun to 

 scald. 



A Member : My experience has been that my apples 

 have kept pretty well, and I keep them in bins. The\- are 

 both Greenings of the colors that have been spoken of here. 

 Neither one is scalded. If they are' not picked early they 

 will scald no matter whether vou have them m cold storage 

 or outside. 



Mr. Forbes : I have in my cellar to-day. which is an 

 ordinary house cellar, Greenings which have kept Just as 

 bright and fine as they were when taken from the tree, and 

 they are in barrels. 



The Vice-President: And you say that they are be- 

 ing kept in ordinary cellar storage? 



Mr. Forbes : Yes sir. 



The Vice-President : The trouble with scalding. T 

 think, has been more in cold storage than in the other. Some 

 people have called my attention to the fact that Greenings 

 that have not been barreled up have not scalded as badly as 

 where they have been barreled up. 



