. 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. STORAGE means or by ice, cold storage can onh lie accomplished by maintdining a de sired temperature over a long period In order to secure this the compart ments in which the products foi storage are to be held must be as perfectlj m sulated from outside heat as possible Successful experimental refrigeration by
. 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. STORAGE means or by ice, cold storage can onh lie accomplished by maintdining a de sired temperature over a long period In order to secure this the compart ments in which the products foi storage are to be held must be as perfectlj m sulated from outside heat as possible Successful experimental refrigeration by mechanical means was accomplished as early as the middle of the eighteenth century, but no successful commercial application of cold storage was made uu til after the invention of Low e s cii lionic acid" machine m 1807 although the present growth of the mdustiy i due to the Invention of the ammoiii i compression machine by Piofesboi ( ill Linde in 1875. The process was flist exteusneh q plied to the preservation of ni t li li etc., but as early as 1881 thr M li mi il Refrigerating Company of B i i i n 1 a cold storage warehouse \\)ii li i i ul the beginning of mi-' I ni i I i i tion as applied to li-ur t Other companies wr, until now there n ating plants in tin- I i i I ^i i 1 which about 600 are used in tl\ 1 i horticultural products Foreign coun tries are now following the example of the United States, and London, Lneij I ( 11 „< w V n\ and other European cities off» i ! 'i I i t mi i h products. In the United ^r ' ir center for fruit storage, 100,000 barrels a year. Ap| I i i i fruit, good winter sorts hoi liii^ ih ii I i u 1 i u 1 flavor better than any other Lommcreial liuit «h(_u htld for long periods in cold stoiage Another reason wh\ the apple is a favorite in cold stoiage is that people usi it continuously over a long ptiiod A good apple is always a relish. The apple too is the fruit which best pays'the producer to hold m cold storage From the
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