Scope and content The 23 journals span the period 1924-1959, with 1929 missing and some gaps, especially in later years. The records provide good information and reporting on storage of apples. The Kurtzes were probably the first in New York State to try "gas" storage of apples (later called "CA storage). They tried "ozone" machines in storage to "purify" the air, realized that poor air circulation was an important factor causing "storage scald" of apples, and noted the problem of "off flavors" in Northern...

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Letters patent for the invention of the apple machine or improvement of grinding apples fit for the cider press; articles of agreement betweenJoel Farnham (Tioga County, New York) and Andrew Wiltse concerning apple machines; patent for an alleged new and useful improvement in footrests, for Frederick A. Farnham, Owego, New York; territorial assignment of patent, S. R. and G. W. Ballard, Coldwater, Michigan, to Frederick Farnham, for the right of the carding engine.