Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-10-21
a gricultural.
Preserving Winter Apples---0r.
chard Management.

10 few words, VIZ: heep them dry
cool. and entirely shielded from the ex
ternal air. After trying numerous ex
periments. have finally adopted tn
following method as being the cheapes
and most expeditions
commence gathering winter frui
about the lst of October, and finish, i
possible, by the Goth of the same, leavin,
those kinds least affected by early frosts
and which are most tenacious of the pa
rent stem, until the last. Hard frosts are
injurious to apples for late keeping. Af
ter the dew is off, and apples become dry
in the morning. l commence picking with
the hand, and put them Immediately and
carefully into we'll made -four barrels.
made expressly for the purpose; they
should be alright, Head them up, lay
them on their sides, and when done ga.
therlDg, wheel them to an clubhouse or
open shed, where | let them remain until
severe weather sets IN, when they are ia.
ken into the cellar, and remain undlsturb.
ed till wanted for the market
1t would be better to take them under
shelter each day as they are picked. to
prevent the sun from shining on the bar.
rels; for, as said before, the whole Sc
crct of preserving apples is in keeping
them as dry and cool as possible without
freezing. Apples should be picked only
in dry weather | have a cellar express
y fitted up for keeping apples, as it viii!
not do for the cellar to be warm enough |
to keep other vegetables. 1t must be
well ventilated. leave my cellar win
dows open through the winter, unless in
very severe weather, and warm whether
approaches, | close them through the day
and open them at night. When the air is
warmer on the outside than in the cellar,
and keep all closed up tight and vicc rer-
Sa.
never rcpack or open my apples, for
in SO doing It lets in a pew agent of de-
composition; the air that is fixed in the
barrels becomes IN great treasure de-
prlved of its decomposiug properties.
Having scanty supply Of barrels last
fall at gathering time. had lot OF salt
barrels recoopered, making them nearly
alright. Into part of these put Win
csaps Opening them late in the spring |
found they had kept one hundred per
cent. better ;han the same variety that I
were put iu other barrels, which | attri-
butte to saline influences. u
a very great error in managing apples,
used to be, and still is practced by many d
fruit growers that Of putting apples in 6
bins or on garnet floors, TO 60 through the a
sweating process" leaving them until al
hey become shrived before putting them p
way in their winter quarters. Thus the c'
pplc losses its flavor, as well as its vital. Ia
fy for the aroma which escapes from al
he apples by being thus exposed to the "
warm atmosphere, Is nothing less than sc
nnute particles Of the apple itself. III
ave observed that the late, keeping ap- or
lies, as general thing, have thicker u
inds than those that mature earlier. This 'e
peculiarly the case with the Roxburv 70
tusset. If | am correct 10 this obscrva. De
ION. 1t is strong argument in favor of 'e
lose keeping, for the rind serves as ia
protection against the escape of the aroma g
# the apple, and consequently against We
he effects of the atmosphere. There is a
10 apple with which l am acquainted that 10
units a greater odor than the summer
queen and none more fraiI. SD
avoid heavy pruning, which think IN
S not only injurious to the tree, hut dele. In
erious to the fruit. 1t is true that the m
rult is larger and Iairer, but large apples m
ire not the best keepers. Besides, fire. III
luently cutting off large portions of the II
op OF tree sours it Juices, and eventu- s.
'lly the tree becomes deceased and dies. o'
am also opposed to the frequent pillow. hi
ng OF an orchard. Breaking the roots of y
he trees certainly can be of no advan. pl
age; besides, it exhausts the soil and "
cave it heavy and dead.-Oh,o Farmer. W