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The Principles of Fruit-growing. 



picking. Niagara or any other variety can be held 

 only for a limited time, some varieties longer than 

 others." 



The following temperatures at which a cold stor- 

 age company (Geuesee Fruit Company, Rochester, New 

 York) engages to hold certain products, will be in- 

 teresting to the horticulturist: 



Storage buildings. There are many fashions in 

 which storage houses may be built for home use. 



* Apples are often carried as low as 30. 



NOTE. The director of the Genesee Fruit Company writes under date of 

 May 22, 1897, as follows : "We carry apples at a temperature of 30 degrees, and 

 we would advocate carrying them at 29 degrees for the first month in storage. 

 Apples are going out of our warehouse in perfect condition ; in fact, there was 

 one small lot, consisting of 198 barrels of Baldwins, which went out two weeks 

 ago, and they were all run (or sorted), and the shrinkage occasioned by decay 

 was 1% barrels. One of the roost essential features in carrying apples is getting 

 them in storage directly after they are picked from the trees, and we do not 

 advocate receiving Greenings for storage after October 20." 



