CHAPTER? II, 



IIIPLUEITCI OP COLD STORAGE ON THE 

 PRUIT IHTUSTRY. 



The application of cold temperatvires to the preser- 

 vations of fruitshas, without a doubt, influenced the 

 development of fruit growing in America, When fruit had 

 to be transported from the orchard to the market in com- 

 mon freight oars and boats without any artificial cool- 

 ing, and when it reached its destination it had to be 

 stored in pits, cellars or rooms of Yexy wa^rm tempera- 

 tures, it was necessary to dispose of the whole crop 

 at once else it would go bad on the owners or commission 

 merchants and al.1 profits would be lost. Even in the 

 best of times the fruit could not he kept in good con- 

 dition very long and to put it all on the market at once 

 woiild run the prices low and at the same time it would 

 all be used up at once leaving none for the winter and 

 early spring,. The development of the cold storage sys- 

 tem has entirely changed this. Instead of shipping the 

 fruit in ordinary freight cars it is carried in a spe- 

 cial car provided for the purpose called the "Eruit re- 

 frigerator car", Other improved methods have made fruit 

 growing possible and profitable in remote parts of the 

 country and made the distribution of the most perishable. 



