. 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. Gardening. 1730 STORAGE STORAGE April 20, shnweil losses as follows: Open shelves, grams; in sealed oaiis. . grams; or a difference of grams in favor of the sealed cans. This at least suggests the of checking loss in weight by the use of non-porous storage receptacles. Barrels do not have any
. 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. Gardening. 1730 STORAGE STORAGE April 20, shnweil losses as follows: Open shelves, grams; in sealed oaiis. . grams; or a difference of grams in favor of the sealed cans. This at least suggests the of checking loss in weight by the use of non-porous storage receptacles. Barrels do not have any marked effect in checking this loss, as fruits stored in headed and open barrels differed only one-half pound in amount of loss during a period of 147 days, the total loss being i'^i pounds on a barrel of Vi9\ pounds weight when placed in .storage. The efficiency of a cold storage house depends more upon the construction of the walls than any other single feature. Perfect insulation is tlie ideal mark at which to aim. The more perfect the house in thhs respect, the less wear upon the machinery when refrigerating appa- ratus is used, and the greater the economy in ice when ice is used. To accomplish this, non-conductors of heat Year. December 1. 1898 llecember 1, ISSiU December 1, VMU ommou storage. Cold storage Barrels. Barrels. .. 4lllJ,llllO 8011,000 .. 0:i(,.'.no 1,.518,;)0 .. ,'j:;.ooo 1,225,000 The following talde, which gives the range of prices jiaid for apples from the end of the picking season to tile end of the storage season for the years ]«f|i; to I'JllO, inclusive, is compiled from the weekly market reports on the Baldwin apple for New York I'ity as published in the Almrictiii A<jricl(lliirisi: Month. Nov. 1. 1SU6-7. $ Dec. 1 8,5 to .$ .Tan. 1 to Feb. 1 to March 1 1,25 to April 1 1 25 to l.,50 May 1 to Month. -Season 1807-,' d'- /Sajfrai, .Stor<ip-e 2408. Plao of a home-built iced storehouse. First rionr iu
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