PART I. 



APPLES IN COLD STORAGE. 



BY F. WM. RANE. 



Apple growing is a prominent industry in New Hampshire 

 and the question of the successful handling of the crop to get 

 the largest possihle returns is of general interest. 



Experiments along the following general lines have been 

 recently conducted at this station and the results are given in 

 Part I of this bulletin : 



I. The City Cold Storage for Storing Apples. 



II. Results from Careful Handling, I90o-'oi. 



III. Range of Prices for Cold Storage Apples. 



IV. Cold Air vs. Brine Systems of Artificial Refrig- 



eration. 

 V. Where Does the Greatest Amount of Decay 



Take Place in a Barrel? 

 VI. Keeping Qualities of Cold Storage Apples When 

 Taken Out. 



In seasons with abundant crops, what is best to do with one's 

 fruit, — sell at the market price, or arrange to hold it for 

 future advance? This question appeals to every one who has 

 apples for sale. To sell the fruit at picking time leaves little 

 opportunity for competition, and results in low prices and 

 limited responsibility. To keep the fruit tor higher prices 

 involves loss in the cost for storage buildings and the liability 

 of shrinkage and decay ; also extra expense in handling, 

 danger from freezing in transportation, etc. 



From the nature of the case, conditions vary and the prob- 



