COOL STORAGE OF APPLES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 899, 19 August 1910, Page 8

COOL STORAGE OF APPLES.

;;?' '."/.GOOD; EESULTS. AT;, ST.OKE/ '-.'._ )■ Apples from., the cool, chambers, at tie ;freezing/.wofks at;Stoke";are,.noiy being .:'6old,':'in; the/fruit,shops. 'The fruit h'as'i: been Vat' the '■■■ freezing, works; over' three' /months/'and. it has opened up as fresh /andifirm, as on the day., on-which it was :-pick.ed.\/ Judging from : the'! results,. so • far,.!the apples should be. in prime con;dition%.for- another' two or three months ;at;least: .'Alongside the apples from the' 'freezing works ATr. Wilkens has another 'Jot gathered from the :. same orchard' at' , the same time, but which have been- kept :> at. thej shop, and there'is a'marked-dif-' . ference'.'between ! the two'': lots, and the !, difference is all in .favour 'of the' c'ool- , chamber'-'article! .' It is satisfactory to ';• find-.tbe fruit-.from the works turning. ..out in such-excellent' condition; and it /is. evident that if good,-sound fruit is put'; into the' cool store,- and there is : : careful :hahdling, the' same class of fruit ,/wiir come. out'some months later. ,'Un/.'sound,';. damaged ■ , and, carelessly-handled .•fruit,;,on. the other.hand, could hardly' /;be expected. to turn out well. •' /. 7.C001/storage.is a new thing in Nelson, "/and ;the ".trials, at Stoke' are being keenly /watched/; by "orchardists.—Nelson ex'Vohange,:-"■;.■./-'■■/■■'■,■'■.■ ■;■■•: ,-..-'...