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'rh(> growor oi- haiidlor, and not the ono in charj2;o of tlio 

 storage, is rcsi)onsible for all loss fi-oni these two sources. 



Fruit that is well grown, free from disease, picked at the 

 right time and placed as soon as picked in cold storage, will 

 conthuie sound for a long time; while fruit that is pooi-ly 

 grown, diseased and over-ripe when stored will come out in 

 poor condition; as disease and decay are not entirely checked 

 whil(^ in cold storage, unless the fruit is kept continually frozen, 

 but will continue to increase, though more slowly than when 

 stored in the common way. 



The advantages to the orchardist of having a building in 

 which the temperature can be regulated in which to store his 

 fruits can be summed up under four different heads: — 



1st. The crop of fruit can be gathered and housed in a 

 much shorter time with the same amount of help than when 

 it is barrelled and shipped at the time of picking. The advan- 

 tage of this is much greater than those who have had but 

 little or no experience in handhng a large crop of fruit imagine. 

 For with a large crop of fruit, and help scarce and hard to 

 get, the loss caused by storms and by the fruit getting over-ripe 

 and dropping from the trees often amounts to one-third or 

 one-half of the total crop. While the market value of a dropped 

 apple is not over one-half or two-thirds what it would have 

 been if picked. 



2nd. The dropped and short-lived fruit that must be dis- 

 posed of at once can be held until this soft and cheap grade 

 of fruit, with which the markets are often overstocked during 

 the time the crop is being harvested, has been disposed of, 

 when better prices can usually be realized. 



3rd. The work of assorting and barrelling the fruit can be 

 done during winter, when help is more plenty and cheaper 

 than at the time the crop is being gathered. 



4th. It puts the orchardist in a position where he is not 

 compelled to sell his fruit at a sacrifice on a glutted market, 

 to prevent loss from decay, but gives him an opportunity to 



