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THE COLD STORAGE OF APPLES 



From a careful study of the comparisons of the above tables, 

 it is readily seen that the length of time that apples keep when 

 taken out of cold storage is in direct proportion to the height 

 of the temperature they are subjected to. 



Cold storage apples taken out during the spring months, if 

 kept in a relatively cool place, will keep much longer than if 

 allowed exposure to the ordinar}^ temperatures. 



Cold storage simply retards deca}^, and when the fruit is 

 taken out at a time when conditions are so much more favora- 

 ble for decay, the fruit decomposes faster than in the fall or 

 winter when the temperature is low. 



Comparing the average time it took for all of the fruit to 

 become spotted under the three temperatures given, as shown 

 in next to the last column in each table, they are about as fol- 

 lows : Warm temperature, 13 days ; medium temperature, 32 

 days, and cellar temperature, 40 days. 



Fig. I. Black Rot. 



Fig. 2. Soft Rot. 



