PACKING APPLES. 65 
vation. * * * * It more than paid for itself the 
first season. In addition to an apple-house, I use it dur- 
ing the summer months for milk and butter, vegetables 
and fresh meats.” 
Apples can be buried, something after the manner of 
potatoes, with good success, but they usually decay rap- 
idly after removal from the pit. They usually keep well 
if buried after they are barreled, the barrels being laid 
on dry ground and covered deeply with straw. As win- 
ter sets in, cover the straw with earth, using just enough 
to prevent freezing. In cities apples are often placed 
in a cold attic and allowed to freeze for safe keeping. 
If they remain frozen until spring, and are then al- 
lowed to thaw gradually by the natural rise in tempera- 
ture, they will not be injured. It appears that all win- 
ter varieties cannot be kept in this condition, however. 
T have known apples to be frozen solid in the barrel, but 
when placed in a cool cellar and not disturbed until the 
frost had entirely left them, they came out as bright and 
hard as ever, and kept as long as those of the same variety 
which had not been frozen. 
