The daily gazette., 1875-09-08
heel'i"g 1PpteS Tor DdifV Use

Inc question is often asked. What
IS inc best way TO keep apples for com
mon family use; We have found cen.
tIal shelvcs, ia an apartment set off or
ucSoten 70 this purpose, the most con.
ychlcnt The apples are spread on these
siieIVoS, only few inches deep SO that
they may be readily examined or nick.
cd over, as last as decay commences on
any specimens.
1t was very important that the an.
pies be kept rs cool as practicable sf.
ter gathering in autumn and before
me freezing weather OF winter arrives
For this purpose they are placed on
the floor Of an out tLouse facing tho
north, and allowed to remain there ill
ABOUT the time that freezing weather
commences, when they are removed to
the sHelEc5 OF the fruit room n the
oasc ment OF the house. This room
(which Is about ten feet wide and thir-
ty Ieet longl IS separated from the rest
OF tHc basement by an inch brick
WAL aud has cement bottom to keen
the air dry enough. Windows for
ventilation are hung on hinges so that
thcy may ne opened or closed to
any. desired degree, for the regulation
OF the temperature BY the thermome,
ter Tie nearer this tempera' ure is
to freeing the better the lru!t will
kecn. Wnca the weather is warm
outside, Tue windows arc closed to
exclude the warm air; when colder,
lhry arc opened sufficiently tn admit
cool air aud Keep down The teupera.
turU.
The apples being thiaIy spread on
the shelves, any decayicS specimens
arc readi Y detected md removed. care
being t. ken 70. 70 dG,tyr5or .grlHe vrer
tie solGd agple5 ptIck re7nafn Auex.
animation very lew weeKs during
winter and spring Will keep tho supply
clear OF rotten apples.
Among the adv ,utages us this node rea
the readiness vltG which the spec;rnens
which vlL not keep are separated fror-
the Others, aUd oaly .o2S keepers allow
ID 70 refrain. WIN sgu;: IS Kept beaded
Up II r'rr. l., Thi-1 : : common mode,
tn! selection nj separation cacuot be
UIde; nd while they keep better thus
excluded sgcCl ..e az 50 long as nil re-
u lln soG- tic cCc.-i,' cynsl, e i cay
m Kew sGe.1eas z-o4 spells all the
rest.
A iitt,a p-acuc, vii enable the atten-
In = remove those specimens 7hich
viii not ka47, cren before decay begins.
and 10y Going over the shelves several
time during winter and spring, none out
scupt, long keepers are LETT.
A. warm weltner approaches, and it
becomes more difficult 10 keep the apart
nent So ccil .s may be desirable for the
fruit, a portion Of the soundest and hard
--U ara selected and placed in shallow
bozes 4nl showed under the lower shelf
va tu- bottou, Of the eeiiar. The evi1
cellar bottom keeps them at low teD.
pera1 1ure, and the shelf above serves as a
cover 10 prevent air currents. In this
way W. nave fresh specimens Of such
fruit 4 tte Baldwin anil Rhode Island
Gresniue at tue middle OF June, and We
s9metImgs keep tue, hard. fresh Green
i1Es iEt5 tac q. utu + July.
The ,h.ae leading requisites f.. sue
cess l.c-l F..c.as the apples in cool
odth1a=e ia autumn til freezing wealth
rr; , Removal Ct decayinS specimens
FROM the shelves; ). Keeping the tenn
pesaturu Gs low Is practicable without
freezing. IS proper adjustment OF the
lansing window Country Gsa.ls1a1R.