INSPECTION OF SAMPLES OF FIGS. Q7 
SUMMARY. 
Number | Number | p Percent- 
Sample Lot of of pe age of Source of samples 
Pie. | number. | insects | insects Age i infesta- , LES 
dead. | living. | CX. | — tion 
LL eee te aerate 1 0 27 10 Layer figs purchased in open market. 
aah a OBR 0 0 0 0 Do 
S Sees ORS Uae = 1 0 0 10 Do. 
MN Ny BO Li ee 0 0 0 0 Do. 
ee ee OS88-<25 = 0 0 0 0 Do. 
Le eee eee he ee 0 10) 0 0 Do. 
WsenS OBB 2 see 0 0 0 0 Do. 
Stecss cs ORS ss cas) 0 0 0 0 Do. 
Lea eee bi.) eee 0 0 0 0 Do. 
108 45-68: B88s eso. 0 0 0 0 Do. 
1) aeeeee 1185..... 0 0 100 25 Unsterilized ‘“pulled”’ figs. 
i Pes ae LIS6S=. 0 0 2.5 2.5 | “Locoum;” sterilized by dry heat, 233.5° 
F.; 20 minutes. 
1S aS eee inky ee 0 0 0 0 Sterilized by hot water, 212° F.; 10 sec- 
onds. 
1 eee ink y/(eseee 10 0 75 25 Unsterilized Smyrna figs. 
iS Saeoee LIBRE RES 2 0 vn eee es Sterilized by immersion at 215.50° F.; 10 
seconds. 
GS 2a. 3 1180... 3 0 0 0 0 Sterilized as in No. 15. 
Mise. s sce 1190. 35-5.. 1 0 0 1— | ‘Locoum;”’ sterilized by immersion at 
212° F.; 10 seconds. 
eee ib heh ee a 0 0 26 26 Condemned for ‘‘ worminess.”’ 
AOS ee ib ht ea 2 0 21 10 Sterilized at 239° F. steam; 10 minutes. 
Ven ae ih ie eae 0 0 10 5 Do. 
Bee cd 1194. --2¢ 0 0 Slight. 0 Condemned by Bureau of Chemistry. 
7 ee M94. 3... 1 1 0 0 Do. 
25 Eee 1 th ae 3 0} Slight. 5 Do. 
ee 1194... .. 0 0 0 0 Do. 
Die ao ae. INGaY 23: 28 2 50 25 Do. 
702. 
2 ES Seeeee ike 0 0 0 0 Sterilized by dry heat; 190.5° F.; 5 minutes. 
7 (Eee i Lt eee 0 0 25 (a) Sterilized by dry heat; 225° F.; 15 min- 
utes. 
ot ae Nu ¥2,28, (b) (Oia | eee ee (a) Portugal tapnets withheld by Bureau of 
782; 23, Chemistry. 
139; 22, 
758; 22, 
760. 
02 Bee ae| OSeeersee (b) (b) 25 (a) Do. 
TGR Eee © [Ea ia ea (b) (dD) 25 (a) Do. 
a All edible. 
b Microscopic mites. 
In the above summary it should be noted that the percentage of 
excreta is no indication of what may be considered the percentage 
of infestation, since the excreta become loose and adhere slightly to 
uninfested figs. It will be noted that samples 1 to 10, purchased 
in open market, were free from insect injury except in two cases. 
In the case of sterilized figs there was, as a rule, a considerable 
difference from the unsterilized figs from the same source. It is 
obvious, as Mr. Smyth informs me, that the heat in many cases was 
not applied sufficiently high, and was not continued long enough to 
entirely penetrate such large masses as 5 or 6 pounds of layer figs. 
Of the 30 samples examined, Nos. 1 and 3, each containing 10 per 
cent of infestation, Nos. 11, 14, and 25, each containing 25 per cent 
of infestation, and No. 18, containing 26 per cent, not one could be 
pronounced inedible, and it will be noticed that Nos. 27 to 30, al- 
though containing a considerable percentage of excreta and micro- 
scopic mites, were also considered edible. No. 1185 would be pro- 
nounced unfit for human food on casual examination, but in reality, 
