Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1902 — Keeping Apples. [ARTICLE]

Keeping Apples.

Charley Buckley has put away about seventy five bushels of apples from his own orchard, which he is keeping in the same method that he has used so successfully before. He stores them in dry forest leaves in the cellar and last year kept such varieties as white pippins, wine saps and even Grimes’ Golden into the month of April without a loss exceeding ten per cent. Mr. Buckley claims this is a better showing than can be made by the cold storage warehouses. He arranges the leaves and the apples in alternate layers in bin or barrel and the leaves protect the frnit by absorbing the moisture and preventing constant change in the atmosphere. The fruit retains its natural flavor and does not wilt or rot.—Delphi Journal.