fruit. Under the effects of the hot weather a large 

 portion of the fruit is thrown upon the market in the 

 early fall in the last stages of its life and this re- 

 sults in a supply that is greater than the demand in 

 the beginning of the season and very low prices. This 

 would be followed later by a scarcity of fruit and ab- 

 normalls'' high prices. 



The successful keeping of apples and pears on a 

 large scale in refrigerated storage, which began about 

 1890, was hailed by the growers and dealers as a solu- 

 tion to the problem and the practice of keeping the 

 fruit this way has since been carried on to a Tery great 

 extent. Experience has demonstrated, however, that in 

 many instances fruit stored in such houses in the fall 

 has failed to come out in good condition in the late 

 winter or spring, thereby resulting in a serious loss 

 to the owner. Also it has been known for a long time 

 that different lots of fruit in the same storage room 

 behave differently. Some keeping in excellent condi- 

 tion while others spoil. 



The storage of small fruits is a problem somewhat 

 different from the storage of the large and more durable 

 fruits. Winter apples and pears are usually too hard 

 and immature when first harvested and stored for iaane- 

 diate use. Cold storage insures good keeping of these 



