Show POINTS FOR APPLE APPL STORAGE ESTORAGE practical suggestions offered by 1 horticultural ti department of iowa state college I 1 thy the horticultural department of 0 the iowa agricultural college offers the tha following suggestions for keeping apples on the farm 1 keep only sound fruit discarding all appleb apple too green or too 12 2 store la in a well insulated root room or by burying in fix chaff straw or dirt although the latter often imparts to them an earthy flavor ll avor pa 8 try to maintain a temperature which approaches the freezing point as nearly as possible but do not let the fruit freeze certain solid apples such ns as the newton or are not injured by freezing if allowed to remain in that condition until used and then thawed out gradually I 1 4 during the full fall keep the room cool by opening the windows at night and closing them during thedac the day 8 13 for best kee keeping ping apples require much moisture in the air about 80 per cent but buat It should I 1 not be allowed to condense ba on the fruit 7 keep the room perfectly y ventilated I 1 IS 8 for fancy fruit 1 it may pay to arap mip each apple in tissue paper |