Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-11-14
FARM AND PRESIDE.

KEEPING WINTER APPLEs.-To UNDER
stand how best to preserve the apple
through the winter-especially those who
raise them for family use-is, says the
Germantown Telegraph. a matter of some
Importance, as all must admit that, after
all, the apple is the king of fruits. Those
who have large orchards and make apple
growing leading branch of farming, sup
plying the market from the beginning to
the end of the season, know all about the
best methods of preserving the fruit up to
the Isl of June, and generally up to the
1st of May, when the strawberry ard
cherry crops begin to make their appear
ance. Well,as to the way, that the owner of
premises where only moderate quantity
of the apple is grown, necessary to supply
the family neecs alone, we will proceed to
give few suggestions of the way to keep
fruit for prolonged period. OF course all
apples should be hand-picked and with
much care as to avoid all bruising, ard
sorted over for all defective oEes-and
those are defective and liable to rot early
which have any portion Of the skin re-
moved or contain any evidence OF the
operation or presence of worm. Pack in
dry flour barrels, put in the head, pressing
down the same firmly on the fruit, and
place them in perfect dry shed or out
house, until there is danger of freezing,
when the barrels should be removed to a
dry cellar, and the fruit taken out ard
laid upon an elevated scaffold of shelves.
spread out singly, which will admit o. the
stock being overhauled, the decayed ones
and those threatening decay being at once
removed The temperature of the cellar
should be between 35 and SIS degrees; and
| wnere there is any excess of dampness let
the boards on which the apples are placed
| be literally sprinkled with fine lime. In
sorting over the apples on all occasions.
great care must be taken to avoid bruising
or injury of any kind.
Another way.-This is ''cave" or
rather ''vault," running from the cellar
wall into the solid earth outside, with a
hole in the centre, where three, inch
| pipe Is run down to the sand or loose earth
and the dirt floor inclining from all points
keeping the apartment dry, filed with
lattice shelves, with six-inch wired air
vent connected with the outside, and with
a close entrance door; also with good
coating of lime covering the entire bottom,
In case of necessity from dampness, as be-
fore stated. This is. of course. attended
with more expense in the instance, but
once prepared it will last for generations,
and is perhaps the very best method of
keeping apples, pears, etc. By it we ate
pears two years ago the last day Of April,
with the flavor quite unimpaired.
NOTHING is more eXpens We than panuri-
BUSINESS; nothing more anxious than care
lessEess; and every duty that which is
hidden to wait returns with seven fresh
I duties at its back.
| AFARMER in Maryland has been expert
menting with barbed wire fences for te le-
phone use, and announces that farmers
and others will soon adopt them for this
! purpose. - 75's
slow about marketing their crops, ard
millers in the West will need financial aid.
THE latest estimates place the corn crop
at $500, 100000 bushels. In the NEST
sections it is beyond the reach of fros t.