Archive image from page 67 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 1732 STORAGE STORAGE transportation to the storage rooms. No perishable fruit that has been exposed to ordinary temperatures for twenty-four hours after picking is in fit c
Archive image from page 67 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer06bail Year: 1906 1732 STORAGE STORAGE transportation to the storage rooms. No perishable fruit that has been exposed to ordinary temperatures for twenty-four hours after picking is in fit condition for storage. Too many people have made the mistake of supposing that by placing fruits on ice they could, as it were, rejuvenate them and that they would come out sound and firm even if at the point of decay when they •went in. It should be borne in mind that the life or keeping quality of any fruit is self-limited, that the processes of ripening and subsequent deterioration are constantly going forward, and that the best that we can do by cold storage is to retard them; we cannot prevent them entirely. These considerations apply with equal force to the storage of those fruits that are naturally good keepers. Grapes and pears, if the weather is warm, should always be shipped to the point of storage in refrigerator cars, and in many cases this would doubtless be profitable even with apples. A week of warm weather after apples are gathered and while they are in transit will inevi- tably so stimulate the ripening processes as to greatly impair their subsequent keeping quality, especially their ability to stand up and make a good showing after com- ing out of storage. Then, too, the exposure for even a few days to warm conditions after picking is sure to stimulate the growth of fungi and bacteria, thus start- ing many spots of incipient decay that cannot be en- tirely checked by subsequent refrigeration. It is prob- ably safe to say that the keeping quality of any given
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