The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-10-27
ADVICE ON FRUIT STORAGE
Field Horticulturist Taylor Discusses
Present Problem.

Field HOrticulturist Taylor Discusses
Present Problem.
| II. p. Taylor. field horticulturist
with the agricultural extension bu-
| reau OF the state university, has re-
| turned from Salt Lake where he
judged the fruit of the Utah state
Ialr Our neighbor state has some
fine fruit this year." said Mr.. Taylor,
| Some of the displays of profession
al exhibitors were wonderful in their
| perfection. There were seven coun-
ty displays that included some fine
specimens and all the displays wer of
| quality far above the average.
Idaho must take care lest that
state make better showing at the
Panama Picific exposition than our
own. All the winning fruit from the
Utah satte fair will be sent to San
francisco for exhibition there and
Idaho does not have this means of
gathering her exhibits. AS there is
no state fair in this state this year it
has been necessary to take the exhib-
its where they could be found.
Makes work Difficult.
-AA' AliCe%uS CHdL Tic WOIk las Do0u
slow and difficult and that the
growers must give all aid possible to
the men who are making up the ex-
h1D1t for San Francisco in order to
hasten the work.
Mr.. Taylor leaves today for Pay
cite, where he will begin an expert
ment in storage which will last dur
ing the entire storage season. This
is an unusually big storage year and
Tor this reason he expects to have
unusual facilities to study the work.
The bureau will cooperate in this
work with all the fruit growers in the
state who are storing anw fruit at ALL
To Store Fruit
Mr. Taylor will have charge of the
warehouses of the Idaho-Oregon
Fruitgrowers' association and will
keep complete records of his results.
1t is estimated that there will be
at least 800 or 400 cars of fruit, most
ly apples.
In determining the best type of
warehouses to be used the expert
mentors will examine the cold storage
warehouses as used in the leading
fruit centers; the air storage for the
district associations and larger COM
mercial orchards and cellar storage
for smaller orchards. A new ar
rangement of vents and screens will
be tried in the air cooled houses in
an effort to use the night air to cool
the plants.
Investigate Conditions.
II this time the houses are closed
at night to prevent robbery and
openend in the daytime, pust the OPP
posite of the conditions that should
prevail. The investigation will in
volve the plants at Nampa, Boise,
Payette and others in the northwest.
The air storage plants located at
Woods Spur, Fruitland, Santa Rosa.
orchard, Manville orchard, Boise and
the saWdust walled plant of the D. J.
Wampler at New Plymouth, will be
among those investigated. 1t has
been suggested that approved types
of buildings may be constructed but
this has not yet been decided upon be-
cause of the amount of money neces-
sary.
Not only will actual storage con-
ditlons be studied but an investigation
will also be made into the keeping
qualities of apples, the limits of their
seasons, etc. Methods of irrigation
to proomte keeping qualities are now
under way at Twin Falls and at Pay
cite. Methods of cultivation will be
studied froms the storage viewpoint.
An investigation will be made into
the effect Of the various fungicides on
the keeping qualities of fruit An
effort will be made also to determine
the best sizes of fruit for keeping
qualities.
Study Details.
Handling of fruit in packing will
be another subject for experiment and
study and an effort will be made to
suggest precautions to prevent bruis-
ing Of fruit for the market and
whether storing in picking boxes or
in boxes ready packed is the better
method. The best time for picking
for storage with regard to the matur-
ity of fruit and the number of pick
ings possible will be sought An en-
deavor will be made to determine the
advantage Of immediate cooling Of
fruit against careless handling of the
fruit in holding it in warm tempera-
lures before being placed in storage.
Rots and defects such as bruises,
missing stems and hail marks, insect
injuries and fungi and bacterial dis
eases which cause decay in storage
will be watched carefully.
Watch air Pockets.
Investigations will be made into
storage management as to tempera-
ture, moisture and ventilation In
some of the houses where fans are
used it has been found that there are
warm air pockets and to detect these
a number of thermometers will be
placed at intervals over the ware
houses and careful account will be
kept Of their registrations.-Stat
man.