PRESERVING APPLES.

Northern Advocate, 7 January 1920, Page 1

PRESERVING APPLES.

HOW TO STORE

Apples to be stored and preserved must be quite sound, and gathered during dry weather, from the trees, when they part easily from the spurs. In gathering, great care must be taken not to bruise the fruit. The gathering basket should be lined with soft material, and the fruit laid singly ; over the first layer place more soft material; then another layer of fruit, and so on.| The apple s must not be tumbled out of the basket, but removed very carefully by hand and placed singly on very dry straw f on tiers of shelves in a dark and well ventilated room or cellar. To protect them from being affected to any considerable extent by sudden changes of temperature, it is advisable to cover them with very dry straw, about one inch thick, The straw will •absorb any moisture that may arise from the fruit, which will ripen of a fair cqlour, and be more plump than if fully exposed to the air. The fruit may also be preserved very well in clean, dry casks; for packing in these the apples should be carefully selected. After two or three weeks the cask should be opened and the fruit picked over, so that any that may then give indications of decay may be removed. The sound apples will on being repacked, keep plump till fit for use if the cask be kept in a dark, dry, cool place,