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*In case of Box No. 2, the wrapped apples were not opened when the 

 box was first received. The percentage of sound ones is assumed to have 

 been the same as in the unwrapped. The notes on No. 3 have been lost or 

 mislaid. The percentages given are reckoned from the number in the box 

 at the second examination, which wei'e the sound ones when first received. 



The temperature at which the apples were kept in the Bos- 

 ton cold storage was about 34° F. In the station cold storage 

 it was about 40° until April, when it rose to 45° during the 

 first half of the month and to nearly 50° during the latter 

 half. 



No satisfactory explanation of the lack of uniformity in the 

 increase of the percentage of rotten ones with length of time 

 of storage can be offered. 



The indications from the percentages in case of boxes 5, 6, 

 7, and check box are that the conditions were more favorable 

 to keeping in the Boston cold storage than in that of the 

 station. 



On June 1 only 5 per cent of the check box apples were still 



