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apples in a commercial cold storage. The grower does not load into storage, nor does he cheek on ©Old storage plant operation, However, apple growers have a right to have their apples properly stored in rooms that hre no higher in actual temperature than 3132° F if there is any possibility of storing their apples for maximum storage periods. Fruit temperatures that are above • 320 F cause a decrease in storage life for the stored varieties and also - an increase in surface scald in and after storage. -
At the Agricultural Experiment Station at Blacksburg, studies are being conducted on physilogical responses of apples as' they relate to different practices in harvesting handling and storage. Results of these tests should aid the apple growers in getting higher returns from better apples being received by the consumers.
County News Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Buckley and Mr.' and Mrs. Billy Matthews were guests Sunday of Mrs. B. B. Brown on their way to Woodberry Forest School to see Harold Brown Jr., who is a student there.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis were in Culpeper Friday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Settle had as their dinner guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs- Warren Frank, of Luray.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Fayne and children from Front.Royal, spent Sunday wifh .ber parents Mr. and Mrs. John Kendall.
Mr. and Mrs. James Clatterbuck of Silver Springs, Md., spent Tuesday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Clatterbuck.*
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