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by a wrapper and the advantage of th.e wrapper is more 

 marked as the season progresses. The wrapper is not so 

 important early in the season "but if the fruit is to he 

 kept iintil late in the winter, it is of great value. It 

 keeps the fruit firmer and "brighter. It prevents the 

 spread of fungus spores from one fruit to another and in 

 tliat way reduces deoay. It checks the acciomulation of 

 mould in the calyx and stem in fruit that is stored for 

 a long time and prevents "bruising and decoloration of 

 light colored fruit, 



I was looking over some experiments that were car- 

 ried on with wrapping in the Department where careful 

 comparisons have been made of the efficiency of tissue 

 parchment, unprinted news paper and waxed paper, but lit 

 tie practical difference has been observed except that 

 a large amount of mould developed on the parchment pa- 

 per in a temperatiire of thirty-six degrees P, A double 

 wrapper has proved more efficient for long keeping than 

 a single one and a satisfactory combination consists of 

 an absorbant, unprinted news paper first and that cov- 

 ered with an impervious paraffin wrapper on the outside. 



In my own experience with Keiffer pears this winter 

 using different kinds of wraps, I went in the orchard 



