Archive image from page 64 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 2407. Structural details of the bu E shown in Fie. 2406. 2406. Apple storehouse in Vermont. refrigerating machinery will be the production of ice for commercial and domesti
Archive image from page 64 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 2407. Structural details of the bu E shown in Fie. 2406. 2406. Apple storehouse in Vermont. refrigerating machinery will be the production of ice for commercial and domestic use, the cold storage warehouse being a side issue to ice-making. The fruit-grower who wishes to avail himself of the ad- vantages of cold storage must either ship his product to the city or depend upon natural ice to reduce the temperature of his warehouse. If he is in a climate where a supply of natural ice is available, his most economical plan is to make provision to use it. If in the far South he must own an ice plant or purchase artificial ice. To successfully handle peaches and plums in car- lots, one must nowadays have a supply of ice in order to avail oneself of the best service of the Fruit-Growers' Express or other lines The cars come iced, it is true, but before starting them on their journey it is safest for the grower to have a sufficient supply of ice to fill the pockets of the car To hold apples from harvest time until the over- supply of the season shall have been removed, requires storage rooms artificially cooled to a temperature suffi- ciently low to check the process of ripening, which is in reality the conversion of the starch of the imma- ture fruit into sugar. As long as the starch remains as such, fermentation and decay cannot act, but as soon as sufficient water and heat are added to convert the starch into sugar, ripening proceeds until fer- mentation and decay complete the work. The object of cold storage, then, is to eheck the ripening process, or
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