QUESTIONS 257 



The type of package used in storage certainly influences the 

 keeping quality. A tight package seems generally to give 

 better results than an open one, and a relatively small package 

 is better than a large one, probably because the smaller body of 

 fruit does not generate so much heat. The weight of the fruit 

 in the larger package may also have an influence. A bushel 

 box of apples is often found to keep better than a barrel of 

 the same apples. 



Wrapping the fruit will usually cause it to keep better. It 

 seems to prolong its life and of course prevents bruising and 

 the transfer of disease from one specimen to another. Any 

 type of "wrapping," from storing the fruit in sand or sawdust 

 to the use of an oiled wrapper, will assist its keeping. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Discuss the influence of storage in preventing forced sales of fruit. 



2. How does good storage prevent gluts in the market? 



3. How does it increase consumption? 



4. In what way does storage affect the price of fruit? 



5. Give several characteristics of an ideal storage plant. 

 (5. Describe an ammonia cooling system. 



7. Describe the system of cooling with chloride of calcium brine and ice. 



8. Describe the frost-proof storage house. 



9. Give the wall construction of a well-insulated storage house. 



10. How does the method of handling fruit affect its keeping qualities? 



11. What influence on keeping quality has the degree of maturity at 



picking time? 



12. How is the keeping of fruit affected by delay in storage? 



13. Give other influences affecting keeping quality. 



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