STORING APPLES IN GAS
In storing apples there i« a very interesting alternative to cold storage, known as “gas storage.“ The apples uro placed, in an air-tight chamber filled with the gas produced by the “respiration of the apples themselves. ° An electrical instrument is used to determine whether at any time tho proportion of carbon dioxide in this gas beoomee excessive, and when that condition occurs air is admitted to dilute the gas. The air ie kept in slow circulation, by its own temperature variations, and means are taken to remove excess of moisture. It is stated that this system doubles the time during which apples can be kept in good condition, and that the cost of working is very much below that of any kind of cold storage. The merits of the system are being closely studied by the British Investigation Board.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 253, 20 July 1921, Page 9
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143STORING APPLES IN GAS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 253, 20 July 1921, Page 9
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