FRUIT STORAGE 43 
large cities where from 50 to 150 carloads of fruit are 
consumed every day. Without cold storage it would be 
impossible to supply a great many kinds of fruit or any 
one kind for a very long period of time. 
For the most part such storage houses are operated by 
capitalists and are usually incorporated under the laws 
of some of the states. They work independently, for 
the most part, of the producers, simply acting as agents, 
agreeing to keep a certain temperature for a certain con- 
sideration and seldom acting as a selling agent for the 
owners of the stored goods. Such storage plants are 
very expensive, costing at the least $100,000 and ss 
ing from that up to two or three millions. 
Control of Temperature—All of the fruit storage 
houses must be provided with proper means of control- 
ling temperature. Most fruits require a low tempera- 
ture for keeping. When removed from the tree, this 
Fig. 80.—A LARGE PUBLIC COLD STORAGE 
