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have found it profitable during that particular period to for- 

 ward their goods to the cold storage and hold them there for a 

 period of anywhere from ten to twenty days, when same are 

 ready to go on a market that will be in readiness to receive 

 them. In our experience we have never seen peaches going 

 from our plant at a price that would show a loss to anyone. 

 Usually the profit is handsome indeed. 



A word about the packing of apples in particular would 

 probably not go amiss at this time. In this particular market 

 the standard barrel seems to be the prevailing and the desirable 

 package in which to pack apples. We, ourselves, have been 

 strong advocates of the bushel box. but we find, as jobbers in 

 apples, that the box will not do for this particular market. The 

 people to whom we would like to sell those goods seem to 

 know the cubical contents oi a Ijarrel and they are not dis- 

 closed to experiment with any other style of package. We, 

 therefore, would not care to recommend anything other than 

 a clean, well coopered barrel that has been well filled and 

 packed. Our experience has taught us that the looks of a 

 package going into a man's place of business nowadays is one 

 of the best salesmen that we have out. A package loosely put 

 together and the goods indifferently packed, militates against 

 the sale of such goods very much indeed. 



The packing of o\-er-ripe apples for storage purpose is 

 .something that has got to receive a great deal of attention. 

 Over-ripe fruit will nci'cr do for storage purpose when same 

 are to be carried any length of time. \Mien fruit becomes 

 over-ripe destruction and decomposition to a certain extent has 

 already set in. Nothing that temperatures or cold storage 

 warehouses will do or can do will prevent the progress of this 

 fault in fruit. The successful grower of apples, by him we 

 mean the one that has found the storage of those goods the 

 most profitable, is the one who upon harvesting his crop took 

 particular pains to see that, while same were in a hard, firm 

 state were immediately rushed to the cold storage warehouse 

 for storing. Goods arriving at the cold storage plant in that 

 condition will receive a guarantee of perfect delivery at the end 

 of the storage season. There is no reason whatever why the 

 storage of such goods should not show a handsome profit to 

 the owners. 



