STORAGE 



fict the different variPtieb of apples requ 



peiature is best tor eul 

 have the leputitiou of kc ] 

 than others but it is onh 1 

 tiire suited to it and the tl 

 apples may have come f i ii I 

 had been exposed to the 1 

 perature of perhips 80° an 1 

 with other car lots which i\ i 

 ture In twelve houis the t 

 would rise to dO° and with th 

 would require forty eight houi 



Id storage 



t terapeia 



ir loidof 



the fruit 



bes 



could nit 1 e othtrwi 

 the entue lot 



I t-en tuU> settled what is the pr i 

 ire to be used in keeping the van 

 1 Ics Keepeis of cold storage plii 

 1 this point and it is probable th 

 i i degree too low for most of our prid 

 1 believes the temperature most suit 

 we must use one for all products) 



It not important what kind of a building is used, 

 whether woo 1 stone or br ck but t ery de rable 



that t should be d V led nto n any rooms so tl at eacl 

 product avle stored a separate roo n and where 

 lar-e i t t e of aiples are tore 1 each var et 

 sho U I a pa ^te o a d the keeper shoul 1 



w . f t tol fe h a Iknowtlereiur 1 



e f r e h ai 

 col 1 storage 



deg e 

 Whe 

 cess 



Refrigerator Cars -The 

 of the f ' 



tant f ' 



1 1 levelop uent 



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STORAGE 1733 



w with refrigerator cars of strawberries coming in 



PI 11 1 1 ill P 1 1 1 iiT an 1 along up the coast till 



II 1 tl 1 t tr 1 riPs come in from 



I 1 \ 'i I I s ]ust about as 



I ] I t be seen in all 



I t hve months 



II t 1 1 1 in like man 



";, „hel tl in Ti.Ms to n itl ru Wis, onsin and 



J ' 111 1 . , M X It in the 



in st ti^ lall seasins The ictngtutoi c ir is really 

 a great ice chest on wheels Most ot these cars are 

 constiucted with icehunkeis at each end of the car, 

 opacity of 4 to tons 



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Pig 



tyle ha son e two feet of the whole top of car 



ee bunker ad s one of tl e best of ars if kept 



■ed all tl p wh le n tra t Ba Iroad people 



till f 1 ng top heavj and 



si p 



tl ca 



the 



Iroa 1 refr gerators an I lo h s 



11 e no go I re o vl 5 the lea 1 



anuot e tal 1 h c nf t t on a 1 re < 



r charg ng the es-pense along on the fr ght b 11 



In load ng a refr gerator car care s taken that an 



■ u tj s prov de 1 for a r c re lat on aro n 1 each 



I e th s IS a«corapl bed by properly spac ng the 



row of packages then by str pp g across the 



t tl ese two t I I 1 luare tack g a 



1 down th I to ea 1 package 



rpi g J place and tl e 



,tr I e ot packaK s 



t J. r pace of 



PI 



1 tl 



hte 



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G owe s Exp I 



miles 1 



ly arrived in 1i:hI '■:■'''.■ r 

 isfactory to both dealrr :it, i 



the first few early shi] 



was only at the ripeniiii; "i 



that for two or three week, aio 

 torily supplied, and the public readily paid t 

 three times the price they would (or "shipped 

 ries " a few weeks earlier. 



very unsat- 

 . except for 

 erv low. It 



rawberries " 

 as satisfac- 



ber- 



TIh- wiit. r'- own plan, when fruit is abundant, is not 

 to start loM.liii" a car till he has fruit enough packed 

 to fill it: then^with a gang in each end of the carlo 

 properly space the packages and.do.the," stripping' and 

 nailing, open the doors and rush in all the middle of 



