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way they wanted it: 250,000 barrels have gone to them in this sulphur 

 dioxide solution during the past three years. The sulphur dioxide method 

 is simple. Take strawberries, for example. The berries roll straight 

 from the field to the freight loading platform, alongside the railroad 

 tracks. They're washed, hulled, and dumped into wooden barrels with a 

 2jb sulphur dioxide solution. The barrel is sealed, put on the freight 

 car, and it's on the way to England. The whole thing takes half an hour. 

 Millions of pounds of these sulphited strawberries are being shipped to 

 England this season. 



The preservation of peaches takes a little longer because they 

 have to be peeled and pitted. Last year v;e shipped, in this manner, citrus 

 pulp, peaches, strawberries, raspberries, and dev/berries. This year we'll 

 probably add cherries. Fruits preserved in sulphur dioxide are used for 

 preserves, jams, ice cream, and pies. 



These sulphited foods, such as strawberries, have to go through a 

 special step when they're taken out of the wooden casks to start on their 

 way to jams and pies. They must be boiled vigorously for 45 minutes. That 

 drives off the sulphur dioxide in the steam. And with it, the bitter sul- 

 phur taste. Oddly, the sulphur dioxide solution takes most of the color 

 out of fruits. But when they boil for 45 minutes, the color comes back. 

 And that's important, because who wants to eat pale ycllov/ strav/berry jam? 



WINTER KILLING OF RASPBERRIES 



The following table givjs an estimate of the amount of winter kill- 

 ing in a planting of young raspberries set at the State College in the 

 spring of 1942. To get a better measure of the true cold resistance of 

 the varieties, canes which were on the ground and therefore protected by 

 snow v/ere ignored in making the estimate. On all varieties it was very 

 noticeable that big, vigorous, branching canes v/ere injured vrorse than 

 smaller, less vigorous canes. 



♦Figures starred are averages of several plots; others are based on 

 one plot. 



~J. S. Bailey 



