Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-10-24

The apple is covered with thin coat of
OIL evidently intended for its protection. In
gathering, therefore, as much care as posi-
Bile should be taken not to disturb this cover
ing and the fruit should be handled only
once, and at the time it is picked. 1t should
be picked with dry hand, or, if sweaty, COW
cred with DEMONSTRATING only the sound fruit
which it is intended to keep, the rest being
put i'll another basket or dropped. The pick
ing, of course, is to be done when the fruit is
dry. When thus carefully collected it should
be as carefully put into the barrel, which is
to be dry and clean. You have now the
choice fruit you want Remove with as lit
tie disturbance as possible to the cellar or,
if this is considered too early, keep in an out
building till the sweating has been gone
through with. What is wanted is to protect
from the changes of the weather, which have
n wide range in the fall before the setting in
of winter. In the cellar there is uniform
condition. Extreme dampness, as in our ex-
tremely wet fall weather, is also avoided.
Fruit gets more hurt in the outbuildings than
for the same length of time in the cellar, and
if hurt in the start it will be felt all winter.
The cellar before the fruit is put in, should
he well aired, and this continued during the
fall, closed only in a warm or damp time.
There is no difficulty in regulating the tenn
perature of a cellar in the fall, sufficient cold
weather occurring to keep the cellar supplied.
The fruit, thus early given a uniform temper
ature, will keep sound better during the win
ter, if the fruit is well grown and carefully
gathered and put away. In such case, with
good cellar, the fruit may be left untouched
till wanted in the spring, as there is little
danger of rotting, the Temperature having
been kept well reduced, as it may with the
great cold outside to be let in, if needed, at
pleasure. Should there be some rotten spec
linens towards spring. let them remain undis-
turbed, as handling the fruit in asserting
hastens the decay. If the rot should set in
strongly, use the fruit or dispose of it at
once.
The time of gathering is also an important
consideration in saving the fruit. Apples to
be kept over winter, are not to be left on the
trees till overripe-much less, all sorts gath
cred at the same time as some mature earli-
or than others. Fall fruit to large extent
is often left on the tree (what does not fall)
till the winter varieties are taken in OF
course, being overripe it soon perishes. And
so it is with the winter varieties; some re-
quire earlier picking; some, like the Russets
may remain on the tree till frost compels re-
moval, and, if the fall is long one, it favors
npening; greater maturity improves this
sort. 1t is known that fruit gathered before
fully ripe will keep better, and those intended
for the longest keeping should be picked still
sooner, leaving those that are soonest used
latest where but one sort is kept For in
stance, the SpitZenburgh (Esopus), which, if
picked when hard and not fully cOlored, may,
with proper care, be kept till May, retaining
much of its sprightliness, with little rot, left
on tho tree till full ripeDed and colored-al
that favorable season can give tin few
weeks, if kept where somewhat warm, it will
be fit for table use, and must be used by mid
winter or it will rot.-COr. Country Gentle
man,