Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-04

fronts him In the storage Of the fruit
For example, II has been found that
fruit that has been forced iu Rowth
deteriOratos earlier in the storage
season than the same variety grown
more slowly. The York Imperial
Ben Davis HubbardstOn. Winesap,
Pound Sweet and Rhode Island Green
ing apples from rapidly growing young
trees, or oyergrowu fruit produced In
rich soils, or I'm n Hight crop, have
broken down In the warehouse severai
weeks or even months earlier than
the medium sized more slowly grown
fruit Of the same varieties The flesh
Of the apple grown under these con-
ditIOns shows a gradual dlsCOloratiOn
finally assuming a brownish color
which Is generally attributed To the
freezing OF the fruit In the warehouse.
The practical way 10 avoid losses VI
this nature is to know more about
the conditions In the orchard, 10 watch
those lots that may be- expected to
break down relatively early and o.
sell them before they reach the point
OF deterioration. our Investigations OF
the past year have emphasized more
strongly than before the fact that the
apple sca'd Is induced largely by faulty
methods I'm the handling Of those VA.
ieties that are susceptible TO the
trouble First, the premature picking
Of the fruit increases It's liability to
scad. as the apples that have deyel-
oped q high color seldom show the
trouble. Second the delays In storing
the fruit after Il Is picked causes the
scad 10 develop earlier I'm the season
and with greater severity than N the
fruit cooled quickly after picking,
These two factors are more impor-
tant I'm causing the scald Of apples
than all others put together and the
trouble can be reduced TO a minimum
only when those varieties IKE York
Imperial Grimes Golden, Rhode L.
land Groening and Wagner, that scala
most severely. are allowed 10 reach
a high color before picking. and when
they are stored quickly afterwards M
"a temperature not above 81 10 81, ana
then sold relatively early IN the sea-
son.
am confident that the case Is NOT
overdraWn In stating that az least
three fourths OF the Commerclo
troubles I'm the cold storage OF apples
is the result Of handling the fruit
roughly I'm nickIng, packing and ship
ming. coupled with delay I'm sorting
the fruit after It Is picked The apple
ripens quickly az soon as 1t Is sew.
cred from the tree and the diseases
grow rapily Every hour chat the fruit
Hes IN piles or packages ln the or
chard I'm buildings, I'm unventlatec box
cars IN transit or at the terminal OF
the road I'm warm weather it II COM
suming part Of It's HE that other
wise would be passed I'm the ware
house
The common soft rot that Is the
most common disease I'm storage apples
and which causes YOU 20 repacE much
of your fruit IN the spring attacks the
fruit. not ON the treo. hut through some
bruise ON the apple after Il Is picked,
Unlike the bitter rot or apple scab,
this disease continues 20 grow sNoly
in the temperature Of the storage
room, but II spreads with great rap.
ldity during a delay I'm warm weather,
So when you find q loss Of ten or
twenty or thirty per cent from soft
rot the evidence IS almost always
conclusive that the fruit has been
handled roughly, and that It was not
stored quickly after picking unless
the warehouse has been grossly mis-
managed and the temperature has re-
NAMED for a considerable time above
the degree Of cold which the ware
houseman contracts to maintain