128 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A NOTE ON STORING APPLES. 



Mr. G. O. Nicholson, of Market Harborough, sends us the following 

 interesting note on apple storage : — 



Very few apple-growers seem to adopt the method I have 

 found most effective for keeping eating apples (more particularly) 

 in good sound condition until March or April. It is as follows : — 



Obtain a supply of peat moss litter and break it up as finely as 

 possible, and if dry sprinkle it with water until the whole is uniformly 

 moist, but not wet. 



Use boxes of the depth of about 12 to 15 inches, place a thin 

 layer of peat moss at the bottom, and then add a course of apples, 

 selecting only well-ripened and absolutely sound samples. Place 

 the apples so that they do not quite touch each other, and then add a 

 layer of peat moss to cover the apples, slightly pressing it down so 

 as to leave no hollow spaces. 



Alternate layers of apples and peat moss follow, until the box is 

 filled, and the boxes are then placed in an ordinary frost -proof cool 

 cellar. 



The peat moss seems to act as an antiseptic, checking decay, or 

 if decay takes place in any one apple it does not easily spread. 



I have used this method w r ith ' Worcester Pearmain,' ' Ribston 

 Pippin,' ' Cox's Orange Pippin,' ' King of the Pippins,' ' Blenheim 

 Orange/ ' Lord Burghley,' and ' Bramley's Seedling,' and can con- 

 fidently recommend it as simple, economical, and effective. A real 

 good late apple can be kept until May if required. 



