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 Plate I. Elberta peaches stored fortwo weeks in a temperature of 36° F. (upper 



figure) and 32° F. (lower figure) Frontispiece. 



II. Kieffer pear, March, 1902. Fruit picked October 21, 1901, and 



placed in storage the following day at a temperature of .'!2° F 28 



III. Kieffer pear, January, 1902. Fruit picked October 21, 1901, and 



placed in storage ten days later at a temperature of 32° F 28 



1 V. Wrapped Kieffer pears, removed from cold storage on March 3, 1902. 

 Fig. 1.— Fruit in both boxes picked October 21, 1901, that on the 

 right being placed in storage on the following day at a temperature 

 of 32° F., while that on the left was not stored for ten days. Fig. - 

 2. — Fruit in both boxes picked October 21, 1901, and stored on the 

 following day, that on the right at a temperature of 32° 1\. and that 



on left at 36° F 28 



V. Kieffer pears, March 3, 1902. Fruit picked October 21, 1901, and 



stored on the following day at a temperature of 36° F 28 



VI. Bartlett pears, one week after being placed in cold storage. The 

 upper figure shows the average condition of the fruit in center of 



barrel; the lower figure, that near the outside of the barrel 28 



VII. Kieffer pears removed from cold storage on January 20, 11)02. Fruit 

 picked October 21 , 1901, and placed in storage on the following day. 

 Nearly 50 per cent of the unwrapped fruit decayed, while that 

 wrapped in parchment and news paper kept in perfect condition.. 28 



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