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the fruit handles more easily rather than that men 

 have any notion that the apples will keep better 

 when put up in that way. In fact, a good many fruit- 

 growers who practice home storage of apples habit- 

 ually store the fruit in bins. This is not the best 

 method . In fact, it may fairly be questioned whether 

 storage in bins is ever good practice. If fruit is to 

 be stored for a short time only it is better to have 

 it in a small package. If the package is open or 

 ventilated, so much the better. The cold air reaches 

 all parts of the receptacle and cools off all the fruit. 

 If apples are to remain some time in storage, how- 

 ever, it is better to have them in closed packages. 

 Probably the best that can be done is to have them 

 headed up in barrels. In open packages the fruit is 

 liable to be injured by wilting. 



Wrapping of the fruit in papers as it is put into 

 the package nearly always helps it to keep better. It 

 extends the life of apples in storage, under favorable 

 conditions, a month or more. 



A word ought to be said in this connection with 

 regard to the scald. This is a malady which appears 

 badly on stored fruit sometimes, especially in certain 

 varieties, such as Rhode Island Greening. It seems 

 to show worse on fruit that is picked before it is well 

 colored and thoroughly ripe. A warm temperature 

 in the storage room also tends to promote the devel- 

 opment of the scald. 



Peaches 



It requires exceedingly nice judgment to know 

 just when to pick a peach for market. For eating 

 out of hand a peach should be picked early in the 

 morning, just about sunrise, of that day when it is so 

 ripe that it would fall to the ground if left till noon. 

 Unfortunately this good, though somewhat imprac-. 

 ticable, rule cannot be applied in picking peaches for 



