The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15

L am perfectly Sat1Shed that this no
tion is erroneous. 1t is true that fruit
kept in cold storage goes down pref
ty quick, in most cases, after being
taken out. if the weather is hot, but
it is the hot weather that causes this
and not the manner in which the fruit
has been kept. Take your apples out
of your cellar and put them in a hot
room and they will not last long. Cold
storage, if properly attended to. does
not injure fruit at ALL Cold storage
in the case of fruit does not consist
in freezing it, but the temperature is
kept at such point that the elements
composing the fruit are dormant-all
operations of decay are suspended but
the texture of the fruit remains I'M
changed. Fermentation is essential to
decay but no fermentation can take
place at very low temperatures, even
if above the freezing point. How long
would it take a barrel of fresh cider
to ferment and turn into vinegar If
the temperature is kept at 81 above
zero? No man has ever lived long
enough to answer that question if
guided by his experience. After all
that / have seen in the behavior of
fruit taken out of cold storage am
confident that such fruit will keep
just as long as if it had not been in
cold storage. ESQ j.9sd 33iuo us so 91ot
meal Is 40 3*s* - leaW 9m02 @
But we are learning every day that
some fruit kept in cold storage will
keep much better than other fruit
kept in the same way. Some varie-
ties of apples, for instance, will go
down very quickly after being remov.
ed from cold storage while others
will keep remarkably we'll At this
writing during the hot weather of
August we have on our tables at the
Lewis and Clark fair some apples
that have been out of cold storage for
more than month. Tt is worth some
thing to know what apples will keep
longest under such conditions If an
apple will go down in two or three
days after coming out Of cold storage
it will not be worth much to the trade.
But such varieties as will keep for a
week or two or even longer will be
much more valuable The Rome
Beauty, Arkansas Black, Winesap and
White Winter Pearmain have held UP
remarkably well when taken from cold
storage. Such apples can be very
properly kept for the hot weather
trade. The Yellow Newton will not
hold up, in some cases, If the weather
is very hot for twenty-four hours. We
have put apples of this variety on our
plates and in less than a day they
were turned black. They were still
solid and might be used for cooking
but they would not sellAwe could not
give them away. This behavior of
the Yellow Newton occurs only in
hot weather In moderate weather
such as prevails in the spring months
this apple keeps quite well, but any
one will make mistake who attempts
to keep it in cold storage for the July
and August trade The Rhode Island
Greening, the Beethoven and the APP
pie commonly known as the Mann
moth Black Twig cannot be kept in
cold storage for the summer trade. In
fact, there are some apples that can
not be profitably kept in cold storage
at any time of the year and would
most certainly name the Black Twig
as one of that class. The quality of
this apple is good but it will not keep
well either in cold storage or in any
other way. My advice to people who
think of raising this apple for COM
mercial purposes is don't" '" had
over 1 800 boxes of this APPLE last year,
put | pushed them on to the market at