Show POINTS FOR APPLE STORAGE practical suggestions offered by horticultural ti department of iowa state stata college the th e horticultural department of the iowa agricultural college offers the following suggestions for keeping ap tiles on the farm 1 I 1 keep only sound fruit discard ing in all apples too green or too rape 2 store in a well insulated room or by burying in chaff straw or dirt although the latter often imparts to thorn them an in earthy flavor 3 try to maintain a temperature which approaches the freezing point as nearly as possible but do not let this the fruit freeze certain solid apples such as the newton or tire are not net injured by freezing if allowed to remain in that condition until used and then thawed out gradually 4 during the fall keep the room cool by opening the windows at night and closing them during the day 6 for best keeping apples require much moisture in the air about 80 per cent but it should not be allowed to condense on the fruit 7 T keep the room perfectly ventilated 8 for fancy fruit it may pay to wrap each apple la in tissue paper |