8 STATION BULLETIN 356 



Table 4. — Squash Losses under Two Different Storage Conditions, 1943-44 



Storage A. Temperaturo 60°-75°F. Relative Humidity 30-60' Per Cent. 



Stored 9/21/43 



Treatments Percentage Removed by Dates Given 



Nov. n Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Jan. 24 Feb. 1 



1. Direct from field to storage 40 40 55 70 70 



2. Field piled 14 days 60 45 55 60i 75 



3. Greenhouse piled 14 days 5 5 5 5 20 



4. Greenhouse piled 



14 days -f COCS* 25 25 35 50 50 



5. Greenhouse piled 



14 days + Fermat-* 30 30 30 45 50 



6. Greenhouse piled 



14 days + Elgetol**- 35 35 50 60 60 



7. Direct from field cut with ax 55 60 70 70 75 



8. Direct from field bruised 100 100 100 100 100 



9. Direct from field,. stems removed 20 20 35 35 35 



10. Direct from field, stems removed, 



stem end dusted with COCS 15 15 35 35 35 



11. Direct from field, stems removed, 



stem end dusted with COCS 45 45 50 50 50i 



Storage B. Temperature 32°-40°F. Relative Humiditv 85-90 Per Cent. 



Stored 9/21/43 



Percentage Removed by Dates Given 

 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Jan. 24 Feb. 1 



1. Direct from field to storage 



2. Field piled 14 days 



3. Greenhouse piled 14 days 



4. Greenhouse piled 

 14 days + COCS* 



5. Greenhouse piled 

 14 days + Fermate** 



6. Greenhouse piled 

 14 days -]- Elgctol** 



*Dust 

 **Liquid 1 per cent Elgetol 



Treatments 7-11 in Storage A, not duplicated in Storage B 



not give a trtie picture, becatise very little of the spoilage took j^lace 

 near the ctits. It occtirred mostlv at other places on the frtiit ; hence, 

 infection did not take place through the cuts. The least spoilage oc- 

 curred in the greenhotise-treated lot. One fact definitely demons- 

 rated by this year's work was that storage at 32° to 40°F. is not fea- 

 sible for squash. All of the fruits spoiled at these temperatures by 

 December 13, even a lot placed in a barrel with calcium chloride, 

 which reduced the humidity to 40 per cent, was afifected at the same 

 time by the same diseases as those exposed to the higher humidities 

 at these temperatures. The best treatment showed 20 per cent loss 

 by February 1, 1944. 



The 1944-1945 Experiments 



The 1944 crop of squash was grown on land where no squash 

 had been grown for two years. The frtiits selected were well-matured 

 specimens. Since the apple-receiving room was thotight to be main- 



