No abstract

No abstract

Precooling, that is, cooling down rapidly to a refrigerating temperature either before or immediately after fruit is placed in cars for shipment, has resulted in appreciable savings in the shipment of perishable fruits.Powell 2 has shown that the precooling of oranges rendered them less susceptible to decay. He has also shown that fruit even slightly injured is much more liable to fungous infection and decay than sound fruit. Ramsey 3 comes to much the same conclusion as regards the shipment of red raspberries from the Puyallup Valley. Stevens and Wilcox, 4 working with strawberries, showed that RMzopus nigricans Ehrenb., which causes much of the decay of this fruit in transit, could not infect unwounded berries and that less infection occurred when the berries were properly cooled and refrigerated until they reached the market. 1 This bulletin gives the result of a portion of the work carried on under the project "Factors Affecting the Storage Life of Fruits." 2 Powell et al. The decay of oranges while in transit from California. IT. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 123, 79 p., illus. 1908. 3 Ramsey, H. J. Factors governing the successful shipment of red raspberries from the Puyallup Valley.

No abstract

No abstract