STORING 



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storage cannot be included here, but adequate references are 

 provided in the bibliography for those seeking further infor- 

 mation. 



Cold-storage plants form a very important link in our 

 marketing machinery. They are located both in large pro- 

 ducing centers and at consuming markets. Box apples are 

 shipped East and held in them until put on the market. These 

 plants run from 40,000 to 50,000 barrels capacity, or more. 



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Fig. 30. A modern cold-storage plant in a producing section, with re- 

 frigerator cars on the switch for loading. 



A storage plant at Winchester, Va., said to be the largest in 

 the world, has a capacity of 300,000 barrels. 



Some growers have cold-storage facilities of their own 

 sufficient to meet their needs as indicated under (c). 



(c) Determining Whether to Buy Storage Space or to 

 Build. In many sections common storage, if properly con- 

 structed and operated, will care for the crop until it can be 

 sent to market. Some commercial common storage houses are 

 found which will rent space, but they are the exception. As a 

 rule, the grower must provide his own. 



