Archive image from page 296 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 STORAGE STORAGE 1731 since passed the stage of an experiment, and the annual tonnage of such products is rapidly increasing. It is no longer ago than 1888 that the Oceana carried the first cargo of apples in c
Archive image from page 296 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 STORAGE STORAGE 1731 since passed the stage of an experiment, and the annual tonnage of such products is rapidly increasing. It is no longer ago than 1888 that the Oceana carried the first cargo of apples in cold storage from Melbourne to Eng- land, and ttie first cargo of West India fruits was car- ried in 1880 by the ship Nonpareil. Now California is able to ship peaches and plums in refrigerator cars to New York, and thence to Liverpool by cold storage on shipboard, and put the products in good order on the English markets. With refrigeration, time is of less importance than rehaudling, shaking and a constant temperature. Storage machinery has been greatly modified during the past two years. Small condensers, propelled by gas engines, water-motors and even windmills, are now available for use in hotels, meat shops and placi-s wliere constant cold is needed. While these small plants liavr not been used in private storage houses witli lin;iit(.'d capacity, there is no good reason why they should not be. In large cities central refrigerating plants dis- tribute chilled brine through properly insulated pipes to dealers and commission men, much after the manner of water and gas. The dealer is then independent of the market, and if a consignment of fruit is received too late for the week's trade it can be held in the cold room with security for the Monday morning market. With this plan, a large number of dealers in the busi- ness quarter of any city can be supplied with cold at a moderate cost from a single central station. In modern cold storage two systems are in common use: one is k
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