THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Dipping Apple Grafts in Kerosene Emulsion. 
Do you know if any bad results would follow the dipping 
of apple root-grafts in kerosene emulsion for woolly aphis? 
Very truly yours, 
Wright Nur. Co., 
R. F. D. No. 1 ’ Cashmere, 
Chelan Co. Wash. 
Dipping Apple Grafts for Woolly Aphis. 
It is probable that this is the most feasible plan of treat¬ 
ing this enemy. Recent experiments have shown that apple 
roots are not injured by dipping in kerosene emulsion. It does 
not follow, however that all the woolly aphis would be de¬ 
stroyed by this dipping, but the probability is that if a good 
emulsion is made and the dipping is done with such care as 
that all parts of the root are covered, most of the woolly aphis 
will be killed. This will necessitate opening the bundles of 
apple grafts so that every part will be covered. If dipped in 
bundles of 100 or more it would unquestionable follow that 
only part of the roots would be covered by the oil. 
EVERBLOOMING HYDRANGEA. 
Please tell me in your next issue where I can buy the 
new hydrangea, “ Everblooming.” Is it hardy in this state? 
Cincinnati, O. A Reader. 
This worthy native form of the hydrangea can be se¬ 
cured from most of the leading nurserymen and florists. 
The introducer was the late E. Y. Teas, Centerville, Tncl, 
but Messrs. McNary & Gaines, Dayton, O., or Vaughan’s 
Seed Store, Chicago, Ill., handle it. We understand that it 
is perfectly hardy in Ohio. Editor. 
METHODS OF PACKING APPLES. 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
Do early apples keep better when packed in barrels 
that are ventilated by having holes bored in the sides or 
packed in tight barrels? Which way do late winter apples 
keep the best, whether to be held in cold storage or not, in 
barrels ventilated or otherwise ? 
Minnesota Subscriber. 
ANSWER BY MR. G. H. POWELL, DIVISION OF POMOLOGY, 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON, D. C. 
In reply to your correspondent, I would say that we 
have made some experiments on the keeping quality of early 
apples in ventilated barrels compared with tight barrels. In 
a general way, we have seen no difference in the fruit. The 
common ventilated barrels frequently admit no more air 
to the package than the so-called tight barrel, due to the 
cheap way of constructing barrels at the present time. 
There is a pretty free circulation between the staves of many 
of the so-called tight barrels. 
I do not consider the barrel a good package for the stor¬ 
age of early apples. The fruit does not cool off sufficiently 
quick in hot weather when placed in storage to check the 
ripening in the center of the package. We have found that 
the bushel box or the slat crate are preferable for the earl) 
kinds. 
As regards late winter apples, we have not seen a marked 
difference in the keeping quality of the fruit when stored in 
barrels and in boxes, and have made no experiments compar¬ 
ing ventilated and tight barrels with winter apples. The 
fact that the winter apples do not show better keeping qual¬ 
ity when stored in boxes is due to their slower ripening 
processes. 
Quick storage after picking, coupled with careful hand¬ 
ling, are the two factors above all others that determine 
the successful keeping quality of early apples in cold stor¬ 
age. A delay in storing the fruit a few days after picking 
in hot weather is very detrimental to the keeping quality, 
and the bruising of the fruit, provided the bruise punctures 
the skin, will be followed by decay, especially if the storage 
of the fruit is delayed. 
Chairman Wagner Appoints a Committee of New York Men. 
New York, Nov. 30. 
Another, and what promises tobe an important step toward 
putting a stop to the “short ” apple barrel evil was taken this 
week by the International Apple Shippers’ Ass'n. Wm. L. 
Wagner of Chicago, president of the association, appointed a 
committee of its members to outline a plan of campaign aling 
which the association can proceed and if possible eradicate the 
evil. 
This committee is composed of T. F. Park of T. F. Park & 
Co., of this city, chairman; Wm. H. Bahrenburg, of J. H. 
Bahrenburg, Bro. & Co., also of this city, and D. H. Weaver, 
a large apple operator and manufacturer of barrels, of Glen 
Fall, N. Y. 
The committee met for the first time Wednesday, but furth¬ 
er than discussing the situation, nothing definite was decided 
upon. 
T. F. Park, chairman, said: “It is the intention of the asso¬ 
ciation and the members of this committee to do everything 
possible to abolish the ‘short’ apple barrel which has been a 
menace to all concerned in the apple business. The primary 
step, I presume, will be to make a careful investigation of the 
statute books and learn definitely what this law says on the 
point. I, as chairman of the committee, will call another 
meeting in the course of a week or ten days and at that time 
we will plan a complete campaign. We want to have the mat¬ 
ter definitely settled in time for the coopers to know what they 
must manufacture in the shape of barrels to satisfy the future 
demands.” 
The New York Packer. 
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