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Table 6. — Effect of Method of Preservation on Quality of Fruits and 



Vegetables. 



Fruits 



Vegetables 



Variety 



Canned Frozen 



Variety 



Canned 



Frozen 



Peaches 



Ambergem Very good 



Champion Good 



Delicious Good 



Goldeneast Good 



Golden Globe. . . Good 

 Golden Glow. . .Good 

 Halehaven .... Good 



Ideal Very good 



New Jersey 66. .Fair 

 New Jersey 116. Good 



Radiance Fair 



Red Rose Good 



Summercrest . . Good 



Valiant Very good 



Vedette Good 



Raspberries 



Chief Fair 



Strawberries 



Catskill Poor 



Fairfax Poor 



Howard 17 Poor 



Good 



Good 



Good 



Good 



Very good 



Good 



Very good 



Very good 



Poor 



Good 



Fair 



Fair 



Good 



Very good 



Very good 



Good 



Very good 

 Very good 

 Good 



Asparagus 



Martha Washington Very good Very good 



Beets 



Crosby Egyptian Fair Fair 



Detroit Dark Red Very good Very good 



Broccoli 



Italian Green Sprouting Fair Very good 



Carrots 



Chantenay Good Very good 



Danvers Half I^ong Good Very good 



Hutchinson Good Good 



Imperator Good Very good 



Nantes Good Very good 



Oxheart Good Good 



Corn 



Golden Cross Bantam 



Young Fair Very good 



Optimum maturity Good Very good 



Green Beans 



Black Valentine Very good Very good 



Bountiful Good Good 



Green Stringless Valentine. . .Very good Very good 



Stringless Green Pod Very good Very good 



Spinach 



Long Standing Bloomsdale . . Fair Very good 



Summer Squash 



Crookneck Fair Poor 



Tomatoes 



Marglobe Very good Fair 



Rutgers Very good Fair 



