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CHAPTER, V 



THE IEBT.UEnCE OF WRAPPERS OH THE 

 KEEPING QUALITIES OP AP- 

 PLES MD PEARS. 



During the winter of 1907- '08 I carried on experi- 

 ments with, apples and pears to determine the keeping 

 qimlity of fruit under different conditions with par- 

 ticular attention to the efficiency of different kinds 

 of wrapping paper, I have also noticed particularly the 

 difference in the keeping of large and small packages 

 and the influence that the delay in storage will have on 

 pears, I have also taken notes on the behavior of this 

 fruit after heing removed from a lower to a higher tem- 

 perature, In-as-muoh as I had both pears and apples 

 under observation and the pears were the first to decay 

 I vd.ll take them up first. 



In the first place I might say that there are many 

 practical difficulties in pear storage. The early ri- 

 pening varieties which mature in hot weather like the 

 Bar tie tt often slump before they reach the storage house 

 or are in soft condition, especially if they have been 



