BEHAVIOR WHEN REMOVED FROM STORAGE. 



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of an ordinary ventilated apple barrel do not cool much more quickly 

 than the contents of a closed barrel, and the value of the ventilated 

 barrel for the purpose for which it is designed is somewhat doubtful. 



Apples in a ventilated package are likely to shrivel if the fruit is 

 stored for any length of time. In the ordinary ventilated apple barrel 

 the exposure is not sufficient to affect the fruit to any extent, but in 

 boxes in which there is much exposure the fruit may be corky or 

 spongy in texture if held until spring. 



The size of the package may have an important influence on the 

 length of the storage season. Its influence in this respect is especially 

 marked when the fruit begins to mellow in texture. Barrel stock in 

 this condition needs to be sold to prevent the bruising of the fruit from 

 its own weight, but apples equally ripe may be* carried in boxes safely 

 sometimes for several weeks longer. 



THE BEHAVIOR OF THF FRUIT WHEN REMOVED FROM STORAGE. 



There is a general impression that cold-storage apples deteriorate 

 quickly after removal from the warehouse. This opinion is founded 

 on the experience of the fruit handler and the consumer, but the 

 impression is not generally applicable to all storage apples. In fact, 

 it is probable that storage apples do not deteriorate more quickly than 

 other apples that are equally ripe and are held in the same outside 

 temperature. If the fruit is overripe when taken from storage — and 

 a good deal of stock is stored until it reaches this condition — it natu- 

 rally breaks down quickly; but firm stock may be held for weeks and 

 even months after it has been in storage. 



The rapidit}^ of deterioration depends also on the temperature in 

 which the fruit is removed. The following table shows the amount of 

 decay in Baldwin apples from the same barrel after removal and sub- 

 jection to different temperatures: 



Amount of decay after removal from storage to different temperatures. 



Variety. 



Date re- 

 moved 

 from 



storage 

 (1903). 



Date in- 

 spected. 



Per cent rot. 



44° F. 



48° F. 



61° F. 



67° F. 



Baldwin 



Jan. 29 



Jan. 29 

 Feb. 10 

 Feb. 13 

 Feb. 16 

 Feb. 20 

 Mar. 3 

 Mar. 7 

 Mar. 24 

 Apr. 6 





 

 

 

 

 5 

 5 

 20 

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 4 

 10 

 15 







3 



12 



21 



23 





 10 

 14 

 24 

 28 

























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