112 FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 



of ajiplcs remaining sound at the end of the experi- 

 ment. 



Ben Davis 100 



Wagener 88 



Ravvle's Janet ... 82 



Winesap 82 



Walbridge 73 



Lawver 49 



Pevvaukee 29 



But fruits of the same variety differ greatly in 

 keeping quality, and so in temperature requirements, 

 when grown in different localities, or even from year 

 to year when grown in the same orchard or vineyard. 

 It is a common observation that the weather during 

 the ripening period has a profound effect on the keep- 

 ing quality of apples or grapes. 



V. GRAPE STORAGE 



Along with the recent remarkable development of 

 the grape growing has come an extensive business in 

 grape storage. An acquaintance of mine from the 

 grape-growing district wrote me the other day (March 

 1 2th), " A neighbor of mine has one hundred tons of 

 Catawbas still in storage." The immense production 

 of grapes, especially in certain neighborhoods in west- 

 ern New York state, and the uncomfortably low prices 

 which often rule at picking time, have naturally forced 

 growers to use every means of increasing the outlet 

 and of extending the season. Storage is one of the 

 readiest of these means. 



At the beginning growers tried the cold storage 

 companies, but the expen.se of rented storage was 



