The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-14
FROST PRESERVES THEM.
Facts About Frozen Apples That Are
Contrary to the General Belief.

Facts About Frozen Apples That Are
Contrary to the General Belief.
New York SUM-
If your garnet or loft is only cold
enough there isn't any reason In the
world why you shouldn't treat your
friends with plump, full-favored Rhode
Island Greetings, Baldwins, or any other
choice apples, just as well next June as
you did last Christmas, said Washing
ton street commission merchant I'll
have last years Baldwins and l don't
know but last years Greetings, as sound
as a knot, in my house next summer, In
the same dish with this years harvest
apples; yet nine out of ten people would
have thought these same apples were
ruined two months ago and would have
treated them accordingly. Why? Simply
because they were frozen.
doesn't the freezing of apples spoil
them, them" asked the reporter
The general opinion is, replied the
merchant that after an apple freezes its
value is gone; but the fact is that just the
contrary is the truth Let barrel of APP
pies freeze in the fall, and keep them
frozen, or, rather, do not disturb them,
and in the spring they will be in the very
condition they were when taken from the
tree Baldwins, and in fact all favorite
eating apples, do not have their full flavor
nor mellOwness when first packed in the
fall They ripen in the barrel. and are at
their best in January. After that they be-
gin to decay and when March comes they
are few and far between, those that are
left being the result of especial good care
and attention.
IF they are frozen in the fall, however,
the ripening process is checked The
vitality of the apple is simply suspended
and it only needs proper treatment to re-
store it to its natural action. The trouble
has always been that when a barrel of ap-
pies was found to be frozen it was rolled
off at once to warm place and subjected
to a rapid thawing. Some people take
the apples out of the barrel and plunge
them into cold water to draw the frost out
The result is a tiabby, fiavorless fruit.
really not worth the room 1t occupies, and
subject to speedy decay-an because of
popular ignorance. A frozen apple is one
of the most sensitive things in the world
Touch your finger upon it, and when the
frost is thawed from the apple the spot
touched will be mark of decay which
spreads rapidly over the fruit
Wherefore, if you ever find that your
barrel of Balwins is frozen, heat it gently.
If the apples are thoroughly frozen the
barrel will not be full by nearly a peck,
so much has the fruit contracted with the
frost 1t would be impossible, now, to
move the barrel without running every
apple in it. So, if it stands where it will
not be subjected to sudden warmth and
thus thawed out rapidly, let it stand
Cover the apples up SO they will be kept
dark. Then go away and let them alone
until spring comes and draws the frost
out of everything Then uncover your
apples. 1t may startle you, but you will
find the barrel full to the head with the
plump fellows that were rolled into your
house in the fall, and which were a sorry
looking lot of wrinkled, shrunk-up fruit
the last time you saw them. If they were
assorted apples when packed you need
not pick them over, for they will be just
as sound and hard as they were in No
Vember "