AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
February, 1900. 
G 
Handling and Packing Fruit for Cold 
Storage. 
By (I, C. Stoner. 
In accepting Vi.ur !r>i IfaMnn In talk In 
yon nil 'hi "il: 1 in i i in-' awl IV" king Fruit 
for Cold storage," I rircognliic the fact that 
tbi* lc II run 1 1 or I" be I'liilnl nl Irnm iwn 
standpoint*. namely, from tin* • inmJ|i"iiM 
or Uip ni'lij * turn '.'i mini mill from that of 
Hu- rrau rr fin \ jicr u.'**<i I" •*• > 1 <I -inriipi 
Th" oolil storage man minimi* to I urn out 
witlwi.il shrinkage during mid nt ilic 1 lose 
of lie storage *.-n*on i;"OiJ, emintl. bnnfl- 
fcorae fruit, wtileli will innininofl tlm bleh- 
"si price In tne market Tin grower 1- sm 
fOOs to gel every apple Ullir till* barrel (lull 
will soil, line nnt in ik to Keep certain 
. 'i'"ii mil nr tin barrel nr>d the oilier ln*t 
is anxious in put it in One ii-"llii|r that 
lii*. i-ep.ilulhiti not niii'ci.vK lii tiimlnrsic <li* - 
pciniK upon bow iv. 11 tin .lock ciiiiu*!".! 
I., him ciu-iirs mid tlm rrilirr forts that ii l- 
the 11 unit nt of I in reels of flppl.s, It" pm* in 
cold storage which a*.-","- him the great 
«>*l return*, in the apDne, 
There mv. Inn two way* of hnrmonlxiiiir 
these 1 «i> opinions unit bunging them bntii 
10 look H this nmll. r from ihc sninc - < 11 u 1 1 - 
polni l'irsi, coHtli poi'iojii.i I ovjicrlpnri* on 
Mir pari or 1I1* grower: »l'ciiuiI. using to Ids 
own iitIviHitngc the knowl.algn u allied by 
iii" exper i.'nci* of tin- cold storngo mnu. 
I.et me lay down n few axioms pertain- 
ing in .s.ld storage to help the limi pert- 
cnccii in my .standpoint. 
* " 'I sloragc will not make .111 unsound 
apple SollTlil 
(’•iM storage will not mn lie a roach, |||. 
atj.'ljum, kindly apple sum |||, 
''o|.j storage will not inl.w led a pale, 
•Iekly. liiiinatiireil apple. 
Cold storage will Hot remedy the dam- 
age done by rough . earea .« hiin.llinc- 
•'Till 1 w ill not com,.- mu of cold sinrace 
any Imtbr I Inin It was when If went In. 
‘Vthl storage win hoi r. 'iiieil) the havoc 
iv mtigiii In w -ii in- 1 warn i.. m , in .... 
In. - (Imi Intelligent, jiii siri.'iii spra ybig 
ami cultivation will prevent a. 
Cold -liinijtv will retard hut not entirely 
p "V nt tlie spread of ilfeiij . 
Cold »nii'ii me will not make 1 Iwo-lmdi n|i- 
|de Iwo and a half inches. On tin? 
oonir.iry .all i„ i U |ml u,h ,011 
elirtied In s'dimil .uni yon will vinenilier 
ihal cold eonliiii n e.inliaeis apple* i-vep, 
anil it will 1ex1.pt In ver.i favorable sea 
soi" and "ireuiiiNtane. <0 contract m.iup- 
Millie In >nur pocket unless ,.,1,01,1. ", r ,, 
lx liar'll tu 111" tlflOllltll” ,.r y our apples 
fnnn the . , ev.in ,, ln li t„ u, f . ,.,„i ha.ve-t 
j.MMi "k'm ineumm,,,.^ |liriIlil , o 
mil" Hie following auifcrlloum u. in llm 
1 pritelle,' 111 liauillliu nut iwrekma a is- 
ph . 1 am going in einiiine myself 1., tnlk 
^f.„i. a iii’i h fo i r ,h '" '• null 
1,1 111 ".ns lor eiild *lor ago inii|M.*e*.. 
ti,I, s. I , ".“V ■" "np.irtant item i„U 
he | NlaudBRl ham | holding lh.ee btul.il-, 
‘ Krowet „n„rd , IVl 
"", y . "mn Mm .bimtard ban'. 1 | 
...Id . .time, . only him. I. in„do from \ u , 
a ." 1 . . mid be ns,.„ 
"f ‘'bo. ewtnnw.md tsiiM'h nr 
s.i eonn.ie, Mmi-diCJ, ^ 
1 ' ' 0| "•■miipg, L -o„d, 
7 n over three piece* 
/ ,M "!" "'d hoops „„d c,«.d 
tO'Vli head Hues Buy 
551 , 2 ?'" 11 "" «'» of ,| 1m dirt and 
ZT. u ‘" r '" 1 Intro them wle.i 
1 U warn l hein dot till, u lW( . ar ,, „ 
"•r tn i" wli.i appro 
Mo- iiuL'estbin more than 
handling i in e|,,j. >,f isii'.i 
good 
Guiny 
rl«h* 
Dili foil'!* 4 ,| 
did Isdoi. 
prices of barrels are invariably lower nt 
1 lie becinninK of the season. 
Every grower should have a supply of 
goml, -hone h'slil Ia, 1 dor> Pick ifi him- 
kvl.s ?l,ii.*k» should not he used, lis It Is dl- 
iii.i'i linposalhle to prevent bruising 'he 
rj'iw. 
VVe are tiov.' "up to'' the ploWtiff Mini il.i< 
IK yi here llie 1 -JeieiSe of Ml" best Jllilglliunt 
)* re if till'd. -' gr'-at tmitiy apple crop* arc 
swluu-l) , 1 a 10 used liy Imitur allowed to re. 
nnln Oil the tree* II few ilnv- looker Just 
m "■! ., linie moie ...dor I'lm i. mptiiiidti 
in do Mil* I- cn-fli, is appeln.lt j 10 tin 1 careful 
c rower wln> take- pride In putting flue 
rrult on the market. In tld* elliuMte and 
with He soil «l lull" ill lllllllllH 1 dolltlt 
1 ho ni 1 vi*iibllliv of mi. iu_. so great a nek 
AVe hare iwiriieular immllttouB hi cotiteml 
wlih in Mils slat. 1 ‘rohaWy nun -tenths 
of Mie commerclhl nridtArtls of llltnuts arc 
.ii the rteij Dh vis variety . Crjlt.r Is cssi'U 
tiai Imi It. will pot pay If calrivil to the 
dcitluie.ni of ktf'ping i|iintttle*. 
i desire 10 make il MOtUtlleUt Imre which 
I wiiold tio clad to hour dlncm-md It 13 
based on soverfll jenr* earerul nbHcrvation 
on my own part and on Information front 
i-rowcr- 0 lol apple ih , h r- 'I Im 11 It.nlfi 
I'mn ii , h . apjdr mi. uded Tor enlfl s'drngy 
should he in Mu- -.torn jp* hoiisi- not later 
lliati October HI A Week curlier !■ Ire 
qtioivily better. 
i grant that w- nllmr i-mdllions or dense 
foliage or pe, ullarllle* In sail may creiile 
exivi'ilon- tu fh" rale, toil I bt'lleve Mm 
grower who pur.no- tld* course for n peri- 
od of ji.ii* will obtain the host icsulis. 
Befon* , h kuur i. l oniiiiciici.d ad dropped 
nppIl'H UtldlT Ibo live* * 110 ' lid Im. takel. oil' 
M'm ill'oi.nd Niter jilnee a dropped apple 
In a barrel for raid atorng,-. H .- hnilsn.l 
even It you enimot *er> II. 
The '!?.*• of llic fruit hi Im plekod should 
led I" b-s Mtnn Iv," and a half Inches III 
dliinm'er. Smaller npplt- and any that 
may n .mperr'iiT -In, old he h li on iin iron 
and “liakrn ilonu later for Mm nvaporitbr 
or elder pr,"<*. It Is i.i.»t U"l In burden till! 
picked null with n Ini of I ui perfect apple* 
which Didst lie I'Cjertcf] III tlm paekers 
l.a.'h Indii’ldlliil apple -huuld tm liandled 
"Hli nil., mill * lit- ha, let. .•ar.-rully ciijp- 
iled. r.-u nnir.li Impoi-iiiiiru can nut tic glv 
e*. I" Mil . part of Ihc work an.l your men 
‘dmuld I..- made to rvahstn Hh Imporiauee in 
you, 
If tlm picking and i.aekfl)*.’ can bo enrrlc.l 
mi ai Mm Kiiuir lime It i. highly .leilrnlde. 
II for miy I'l-imui, thin cannot he dune, 
have He- apple,, inker, in lie- packing lmn*e 
i". raw a" po ked, ii.. i iliem finder ein . r. 
" mn|in -Horialdj llie vhi iwii-t pfft. 
to pile them nil lb. ground In Hie meli 
aril l hey inny ruin a Util, eol , Imi 1 »|e, 
are fc(l.ptenily -idileeied In J (u i M ,,ll iblf 
Ing 'he day and to dohl lilghi- H„iimi I 
H I'a i tin ulid Uni" iiimii be allowed llmni In 
dry I'. fmc pin king |„ |(,.. t m tiel. And 
.."ill'll.",- II no.. - ll did II, I. ye,,, ,\1 
ea-i ii -unwed p, ClmiDt.iiiUii and Hrivov . 
Ullli ih, jmekeiv wlmulil Im u eiininl lit 
kpiicli- r 
1 'uiihlv face the bin rids, but dn not roc, 
1,1 i r*'n -. " L, t Hu fiiee be U n p, 
d lent ion of whnt I- uudio nenlli both a- r<i 
slfe euior and general nhurncti r sink,, 
limn, down a* Mn- li.nkr.hi lire i.innlled in- 
i'. Me barrel. I ill Mie tmrr.'i „ v „ 
ai".y. i he lop „nd pres* down in ref till i 
" l 'h ;l ’•‘Tew ‘O' lever prey- Jin n,,( i,,|t 
""O'e 1 him lour mill- In chhiu- lump, 
old • lorn go mi*n, eoinmli-vlon un-r. ham , 
III" III dealer* in apple, would |,n V e 
h!inv|'"“ r,n '""''I nppl.. 
Stencil Ihc name of tin? variety on (he 
face end and lay the barrel on Us side. Ship 
them to Mie nearest good cold storage plant 
o- m on as you have a carload. If l •• ' - 
bie do hot let the Interval hot ween pl'klng 
and *11 1 p| i log i viced hi" dai* 
I ha", taken Ben Hflvla trmn the -boage 
r ,. un. In May with the bloom 'Mil nn ih.-m 
- a- fresh and ilrui «- AVtien I'lct.ed. They 
w ere pin ki d In a grower who understood 
Id- l.ii -In.-. . I do not know Mini It WOtfht 
lie .mi of Ml,' way to .bile that they were 
j.iii'Ueit liy Mie preslfliul Of your society. 
N.dw ;n, 5 iandlng It' unplensanr tusocln 
Midi with "Mini drat affair” the apple lui- 
II I WO is been a favorite fruit. Thore i- in - ' 
nr a sniplim of tlrsl el/iw npplcs. In fnet. 
Mie supply has never eiju ileil llie denmnd, 
especially during llie wluter and spring 
nninljis- 
UanilllliR and pimkiiu apples become* a 
rnnipnrn lively easy matter If the proper 
euro In gli en in growing Iliem. 1 may - "em 
io In' wandering from my subject and per 
Inip. iiilrinlliig on Hull of soiiii.i, an else 
but I am a firm believer in Mm rtoetrlne of 
Olher AA "Udell llnliims tlm t "The training 
■ ii a child should rmniucnee two hundred 
ipfliit before It Is born" To obtain perfi" - 
fion in any lino reipilieK careful prepar.i 
imli. II llie live is good Mie fruit Is finite 
lll.cly in Ii. good also. Tlm tree must tm 
carefully si'leclcd, planlt'tl, eulllvated, ter 
tlllv'pd. pinned ami sprayed, Tho gruwei' 
who does lids will make no mistake when 
llm picking and packing time arrives. 
• s Ill'll Hurt will always command prices 
that will warrant Mm paying of storage 
charges ami leave a handsome margin of 
profil over .'11111111.11 prle, « r«.r till* grower. 
1 1 'l- paper was rend Imroi'e Mie State 
ifortleuluirnl Society at Spritigfiebl. ill , 
Deetnnbar, 1 son. 
Lo 9 s on Apples. 
Owing I., Hie very warm weather, due 
lug ih. month of October, and Mini fol- 
lowed by d. a mild winter, llm loss on 
apple' Is already very great. The loss In 
' hie, ago. Si. I.ouis, f'lneluuatl an.l New 
'"Mi ' eiioi uiniiM |i i- considered i a i iv 
Miat It will e \ e.'.'d SI, 1100 , OOP. 
'fh" i M- ricneed fruit-grower* of tip 
A I i> ls-|pp| A alley are eoming mnre nm 
o.mv to -«?*• Mm value of low litmd'. Tin 
iiillnwliig e\eoi|,.||i ndvaiilage' for low 
he ld-, for apple trims, a* given by Jncd 
alih. In the W> Mlern Krult Uiower. nr. 
hmi . and right b. the jinlni " T | 1( 
"‘'h ' "h he picked at one half eo-l ; fin! 
Will mil damage mncli when n drm.s 
Mn- win c.nic into hearing on,' u, iw, 
w i'.s ro.ing. r; will *|.,m| more a . W |j 
eiidoiy „io|.- • l„i in olid ,J,.,,|. --.,.,, 1 . 
iniil '"" M " " l ’ ,Vl ' ,n uger oiid li.-tif rmin 
Fiof .1 .'. Blair Of i i.e minoU CoUatii' 
I n'lSUN " ' fan 
> J-U« VHI* p.irll, doe to lack of , Oil, 
Mon fiii.1 •ii'HpHie spraying and 
“ ' * Jh'lh’Jim«uii|tivntldu„r ii„. tr 
"; iV ; '' Mill, II, e mol, Hue which in .1 
•d dlU"! Ii I* Mm only salvation i„r 
o.l.m.l I. JiiH UK .'.-Mcnihil as l|„ . ijlli 
" I "ft '1 to. 1 ... other hoed rr, 
! '"' 1 I'ased M, 
, II ll, g, im. al liopmvenieni In III. oil 
Mil and C, null 1 1 1 
