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THE COLD STORAGE OF APPLES 



Date Taken 



OUT OF 



Storage. 



Total 

 in two 

 barrels. 



1900 

 Feb. 5.... 



Mar. 5. .. 



Aprils... 



May 2.... 



June 5. .. 



July 11.. 



1,062 

 1,092 

 1,108 

 1,016 

 1,012 

 1,106 



From this table it is shown that on the average at least 33^ 

 per cent, of the loss from decay and bruises is found within 

 the first 6 inches of the top of the barrel, and that the propor- 

 tion between the lower and upper halves is as 504 is to 441. 



This fact would again intimate that the pressure caused by 

 heading slightly favored the decay in that portion of the barrel. 



A custom with cold-storage men is to but slightly pack the 

 fruit, not putting in so many when heading, and then to sort 

 the fruit again when taking them out, thus lessening the num- 

 ber of bruises. A common practice, also, is to invert the 

 head pieces when heading, and when the barrel is taken out to 

 reverse the head. This helps to fill up the slack space. It 

 is done more, perhaps, where one owns his own storage, 

 although it can as readily be practised in the commercial cold 

 storage house. 



Experiment No. VI. 



KEEPING QUALITIES OF COLD STORAGE APPLES WHEN 



TAKEN OUT. 



It is generally thought that cold storage fruit keeps but a 

 short time when taken out. An experiment for determining 

 whether temperature has any marked influence on this ques- 

 tion was planned as follows: Each month, when the apples 

 were taken from the cold storage 150 were placed in three 

 trays of =^0 each. These trays were then placed under difterent 



