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distances from the market. Cold storage was 

 not available for extending the market period 

 and as a consequence all the so-called winter 

 apples were forced upon the market in a few 

 weeks, causing great depression of prices and 

 apparent over production. The period for dis- 

 tribution was limited to the time the apples 

 would keep under more or less indifferent ware- 

 house conditions, a period which at best did 

 not extend beyond the following March. Under 

 these conditions the apple business could easily 

 be over done, the market glutted, and prices 

 depressed. The apple under these circum- 

 stances was not available from March until 

 July. For one-third of the year the market 

 was bare of this most popular fruit. 



The adaptation of cold storage to the needs 

 of this industry has extended the period for dis- 

 tribution to include the three months which 

 were before lost. The economic effect of 

 this change in the period of distribution on 

 the crop can easily be imagined. Not only has 

 the market period been modified and extended 

 by cold storage but the losses incident to the 

 indifferent methods and conditions of the old 

 warehouse system have largely been eliminated. 

 Storage losses are less, the keeping period of 

 varieties is now well understood, and the trained 



