Storing 



225 



of storing. When, however, the fall market is so low 

 as to prevent any profit, storing is a necessary re- 

 course. Persons who have become expert in the hand- 

 ling of any one vegetable may store it with relative 

 safety. If one has had no experience in the storing 

 of those vegetables that are difficult to keep, it is 



Fig. 54. Daylight view of Wallabout market, Brooklyn. 

 The covered market is in the rear, and the open-air market in the 

 foreground. In the very front of the picture is a dilapidated stone 

 wall and a discarded market wagon : these are not parts of the market. 



generally better to put them in the hands of some 

 one who makes a business of cold storage and pay 

 him for his labor and experience. 



In general, a low temperature is essential to the 

 keeping of the product. It prevents over-ripening and 

 delays the work of fungi and other disorganizing 



