Aug. i6, 1920 



Ripening and Storage of Bartlett Pears 



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Fig. 4— Sugars in Bartlett pears from Yakima, Wash.: Curve i , reducing sugars in green fruit when picked 

 from the tree; cur\e 2, total sugars in green fruit when picked from the tree; curve 3. reducing sugars in 

 collateral lots after ripening at 70° F. ; curve 4, total sugars in collateral lots after ripening at 70°; curve 5. 

 reducing sugars in collateral lots after ripening at 40°; curve 6, total sugars in collateral lots after ripening 

 at 40°; curve 7, reducing sugars in collateral lots after ripening at 30°; curve 8. total sugars in collateral 

 lots after ripening at 30°. 



