Bul. 587, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE Il 
R.C._ STEADMAN DEL. A. HOEN &CO 
RESULTS OF HOLDING ROME BEAUTY APPLES, AT THE STAGE OF MATURITY 
INDICATED IN PLATE |, AT 32° F. FoR SIX MONTHS. 
External browning characteristic of fruits picked before the leaf green in the skin had 
disappeared and held in storage six months is illustrated by the upper figure, 
The cross section of the same fruit shows that several layers of cells immediately below the 
skin, as well as the cells of the skin itself, have ceased to function and have become 
discolored. 
- (From Yearbook U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1916.) 
