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THE WEEKLY MESSENGER
Boston, Friday, October 14, 1814

DIRECTIONS FOR PRESERVING APPLES THROUGH THE WINTER

>From Dean's New England Farmer.

The secret of preserving apples through the winter, in a sound state, is of no small importance. Some say that shutting them up in a tight cask is an effectual method; it seems probable, for they soon rot in open air. But an easier method, and what has recommended itself to me by experience of several years, is as follows: I gather them about noon, in the latter part of October, then spread them in a chamber, or garret, where they lie till about the last of November, then remove them into casks or boxes in the cellar. With this management, I find I can keep them till the last of May, so well that not one in fifty will rot.

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