106 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1904. 



a temperature not higher than 40° F. and lowered as frosty 

 nights will allow, apples will be in as good and possibly better 

 condition December 1st, than they would have been if they 

 were exposed to our ordinary fall weather for two weeks before 

 being put in the most approved cold storage. 



One is often asked if apples do not sweat or gather mo* 'ure 

 while in storage. In running my house I have found no tro. uie 

 to keep it dry if care is taken not to open the house and admit 

 the outside air when it is warmer than the temperature inside, 

 for when a warm atmosphere strikes a cold surface its moisture 

 is condensed and deposited on that surface; this never happens 

 when a cold atmosphere strikes a warm surface, and it is my 

 practice to open all of the doors cold nights in the fall to admit 

 the outside air to help cool the fruit and save ice. 



When storing apples direct from the orcherd as they are picked 

 without being sorted, I prefer storing in bins rather than in 

 barrels or boxes, as more fruit can be stored in a given 

 space; fruit stored in bins will cool sooner than when stored 

 in boxes or barrels; this cooling of the fruit rapidly is of great 

 importance. 



The time an apple will keep after being taken from cold 

 storage depends on the degree of ripeness when taken out and 

 the temperature to which it is exposed. 



