STORAGE OF APPLES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. 29 
and matured fruit remained in prime condition into May. Immaturely picked 
fruit scalds very badly and decays physiologically much sooner than fruit picked 
when properly matured. 
Winesap.—The Winesap is one of the most widely grown of the longer keeping 
varieties. When well colored and matured it kept with little or no decay into 
the latter part of April. As with most varieties, immature fruits scald badly, 
although this scald seldom results in physiological decay. In some localities the 
Winesap often water-cores, but when the water-core is slight the injury to the 
keeping quality is not as great as with most other varieties. ; 
YELLOW NEwTown.—The excellent dessert and culinary qualities of the Yellow 
Newtown do much to make it a desirable cold-storage variety. It is very sus- 
ceptible to scald if picked immaturely, and in some sections may develop a brown- 
ing of the core, which sometimes lowers its market value. Scab is sometimes 
serious on this variety in storage. Its storage season is usually about the same 
as that of the Winesap. 
Rome (Romer BEAuty).—When picked at the proper maturity this variety is 
valuable for cold-storage purposes. However, if picked immaturely very severe 
scald usually develops in storage. Overmaturity is equally bad, resulting in 
serious decay. Scald on the Rome Beauty sometimes takes on the appearance of 
Jonathan spot and later spreads over larger portions of the surface, but more 
often it is of the common type. Its storage season varied greatly, depending 
principally on the time of harvesting and the delay between picking and storage, 
but it generally extended to the middle of April. 
NortHERN Spy (Spy).—On many sites the Northern Spy is very susceptible 
to bitter-pit, which is one of its worst storage troubles. Bitter-pit often does not 
make its appearance until some time after packing. The tender skin of this 
variety is easily broken, with the result that the loss from blue-mold decay may 
be high. It usually did not keep well after the middle of April. 
Missovuri.—In general the Missouri kept well, with little scald or other 
deterioration, beyond the middle of April. It has many desirable points as a 
storage variety. 
DeELicious.—The Delicious is a better storage variety than its rather delicate 
appearance indicates. It usually holds its flavor fairly well and is not as 
seriously affected by scald as are most varieties. It seldom held up well beyond 
the last of March. 
York ImprertAt.—The York Imperial is not a high-quality storage variety, 
but it held up well until the middle of March. It scalds badly, especially after 
withdrawal from storage. 
BANANA (WINTER BANANA).—When picked at the proper stage of maturity 
this variety has good keeping qualities. Apples picked when overmature will 
deteriorate rapidly in storage. Its season usually ended about the first of 
March. 
WHITE PEARMAIN (WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN).—This variety has a high 
dessert quality which it maintains for a time in storage, but loses in late 
winter. It often scalds badly, and physiological decay soon follows. ‘The 
storage season ended about the first of March. “ 
Bren Davis.—Like most other varieties in storage, when picked immaturely 
the Ben Davis scalds badly. When well colored and picked at proper maturity 
the Ben Davis takes high rank as a storage variety, but its cold-storage keep- 
ing qualities do not appear to be as high as many believe. It usually did not 
keep in good condition beyond March 1. 
Hsopus (SPITzZENBERG).—The Esopus retains a good flavor for most of the 
storage season, and when not picked overmaturely it is a good keeper. Its 
harvesting season is comparatively short, and fruit that is overmature when : 
