THE STORAGE OF HUBBARD SQUASH 

 Table 1. — Effect of Treatments upon Losses of Squash in Storage. 1942-43. 



Treatments 



Apple Receivina^ Room 



Temp. 60°-75°F. Humidity 50-60% 



Per Cent Removed bv Dates Given 

 Nov. 23 Dec. 21 Jan. 27 Feb. 15 



,1 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13. 



14. 



Early set, field piled 



Medium set. field piled 



Late set, field piled 



Direct from field, carefully handled 



Direct from field, bruised 



Field piled, bruised 



Greenhouse cured two weeks 



Dusted with COGS in the field, field piled 

 with Borax 

 with Fermate 

 with Thiosan 

 with Phenothiozen 



Field piled, treated 



Field piled, treated 



Field piled, treated 



Field piled, treated 



Apple Cold Storage 



Temp. 35°-40°F. Relative Humidity 80-85% 



Medium mature, field piled 

 Medium mature, field piled 

 Modified air apple cold storage 



Potato Storage 



Temp. 32°-38°F. Relative Humidity 85-99% 



!5. Medium mature, field piled not noted 



60 



100 



100 



In treatments 9, 10. 11, 12. the fruits were diiijjtd in solutions of the fungicides just before 

 being placed on the shelves at storage time. Borax was used at 1 per cent concentration plus a 

 wetter. Fermate, Thiosan, and Phenothiozen were each .5 per cent concentration with wettin.5 

 agents added. 



mature or over ripe squash. Of the other treatments, the squash kept 

 in the apple-modified-atmosphere room and those stored in the reg- 

 ular apple storage spoiled early. Those in the potato storage also de- 

 cayed sooner than those in the receiving room. Bruised squash 

 showed more than average spoilage. Even the best treatment resulted 

 in losses up to 40 per cent by the end of the 148-day storage period. 



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Fig. 2. — Black rot, a common storage disease. 



