CONTENTS. 



T'age. 



Introduction ' 



Outline of experiments in sniall-frnit j^torage 10 



The influence of soil and climatic conditions on the keeping quality of small 



fruits 11 



Th«» influence of the time of picking on the keeping quality of small fruits. . . 12 



Storage house temperatures for small fruits 12 



The freezing of small fruits in cold storage l-i 



The influence of the type of package on the keeping (juality of small fruits ... 14 



Composition of the air in different types of packages 15 



The influence of the wrapper on the keeping quality of small fruits 17 



The influence of oxygen gas on the keeping quality of small fruits IS 



The influence on the keeping quality of careful handling and of storing small 



fruits soon after picking 19 



The length of time small fruits keep in cold storage 20 



The behavior of small fruits when withdrawn from cold storage 21 



Runmiary 21 



Description of jilates - 26 



Index 27 



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