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It is well known that cold storage and voci cars have played! 
an important part for some years in the economy of marketing the 
great Californian fruit product. It is also val known that large dealers 
in great fruit markets, like ag and New York, have used in com- 
mon with produce and commission men cold storage warehouses, in  . 
which to hold perishable fruit during periods of low prices owing tò — 
over-stocked markets. Our information on these lines has, however, 
been rather vague and müstisfactot 
With the object o ascertaining some facts based upon personal 
experience, pre eliminary experiments were instituted on this line during 
the present season. 
Arrangements were made with the Montreal Cold Storage Company 
for storing packages of the different te as they matured, In this 
_connection I beg to acknowledge the courtesy and generous assistance 
rendered by the managers of this company, Messrs. T. J. Chisholm and. 
D. G. McGillis, in aiding me n carrying out the experiments. Although 
sufficient time has not ela since the initiation of the experiments to 
permit the collection of information of value regarding the later fruits, 
yet its degree of usefulness in marketing the earlier and more perishable 
fruits has been, if not actually defined, quite clearly indicated. The 
unusual amount of heat and drought in the districts from which the 
fruit was procured undoubtedly injured the keeping qualities of the 
fruit under trial. Last year Wealthy apples grown at Ottawa kept in a 
cold cellar until May. This year many have already decayed and. the 
remainder are very soft, under the same conditions, 
PEACHES, 
Mountain Rose and Early Crawford peaches, wrapped in tissue Ln i 
paeked in 20-pound baskets and stored in an atmosphere of 34 degree 
Fahr.on September 5th, remained in good condition tili October ist; 
soon after this they began to show signs of discoloration. The same 
varieties under the same conditions, without wrappers, on October Ist  — 
showed 5 to 6 per cent. decayed. On October 10th 30 per ser 
of M GG Rose, wrapped, had decayed; of Mountain Rose 
wrapped, fully 75 per cent. were rotten. At iis date Fany Cranford 
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ratang its form. The discoloration began first near the stone and 
Prvws. 
Lombard and Monroe plums were stored in baskets, the fruit d 
wrapped and unwrapped as in the case of the peaches, They w | 
stored on September 6th in a temperature of 34 degrees Fahr., which E 
was maintained uniformly throughout. 
The results gained on the whole do not differ materially from those — 
with peaches, and indicate that stone fruits as a class cannot be profite — 
ably stored for a longer period than three weeks, and thåt in the case of —— 
fruit it originally well “ripened, probably not só long; ; after this period - 
there is a rapid deterioration both in flavour and firmness 
