Show ventilated barrels or boxes best for apples apple scald does much damage and Is I 1 particularly serious on the grimes rome beauty york imperial arkansas wagoner wagener stayman WIDe winesap saP rhode island greening but will attack almost any variety last fall visiting several large apple ranches writes a correspondent in successful farming I 1 saw hundreds of boxes of the fruit thrown out because it had been damaged by scald large apples and those forced late lia la the fall by heavy rains are according to wisconsin apple growers more to scald than other fruit apples scarred and by powdery mildew and such as are picked preen men are also more bibin the holding of apples in closed packing sheds or in cars Is frequently the cause of scald in storage the fruit scalds less in boxes or ventilated barrels than it does in the usual commercial barrels many of the th northwestern apple growers use barrels with 15 holes three fourths of an inch by 4 inches in size cut in the staves and these receptacles have been found very satisfactory the room in which the boxes or barrels are stored must also be thoroughly ventilated correct ventilation and the use of oiled wrappers not waxed will almost entirely prevent scald experienced growers say that the oil in wrappers should be approximately 15 per cent of their weight |