ing qualities. The results secured with 

 Esopus (Spitzenberg) last year are il- 

 lustrative of the efTects of this practice. 



ESOPUS I SPITZENBERG) 

 EFEECT OE OVERMATURITY. 



Per cent physiological and fungus decay at 

 ■withdrawal from storage, and after a ten-day 

 holding period under market conditions. The 

 first pick -was made September 25, stored Sep- 

 tember 26, 1913. The second pick was made 

 October 10, and stored October 11, 1913. 



DECA V 

 First iKillulrawal, Alwilh- 10 (lays 



.htnuiirti 12. 191'i: drawal later 



First pick 0.0 1.3 



Second pick 2.3 2.3 



Second ifilhdrawal, February 19. 19l'i: 



First pick 0.0 1.3 



Second pick 9.1 2.5.0 



Third withdrawal, April 1, 191'i: 



First pick 1.3 2.7 



Second pick 4.0 26.0 



Fourth willidrawal. May '(. 191i: 



First pick 2.7 6.7 



Second pick 14.0 36.0 



As can be seen, at the first inspec- 

 tion the (lifl'erence in the two picks are 

 very slight, but little decay occurring 

 in either. At the second inspection, on 

 February 10, which marks the usual 

 limit of commercial storage for this 

 variety, there was no decay in the first 

 pick, made at maturity, and 9.1% in 

 the second. Ten days later, or by the 

 time the fruit w^ould normally reach 

 the consumer, the decay had increased 

 to 25%. (one-fourth of each box) in 

 the lot picked when over-mature, and 

 was only 1.3% in the lot picked at ma- 

 turity. Considering the fact that the 

 first pick was made before commercial 

 picking for that variety could be said to 

 have strated in that particular section, 

 and the last pick v,'as made consider- 

 ably before the last commercial pick- 

 ings, it is interesting to speculate how- 

 much of the Ksopus (Spitzenberg) 

 from this locality was fit to use when 

 it reached the consumers. 



The temperature at the time of pick- 

 ing is a very important factor in deter- 

 mining the length of life of the fruit. 

 If the temperature is high at the pick- 

 ing time, the fruit matures very rap- 

 idly. This was the case during the past 

 season. .\n uncommonly mild fall has 



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