THE STORAGE OF HUBBARD SQUASH 



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Table 6. — Losses in a Commercial Storage on Blue Hubbard Squash 



at End of 60 Days. 1943 



Farm 



Field piled 

 Percentage disease 

 losses all causes 



Farm 



Not field piled 



Percentage disease 



losses all causes 



A 

 B 

 C 

 D 



E 

 F 



45 

 33 

 25 

 25 

 22 

 45 



G 

 H 

 I 



J 



K 



L 



15 

 15 

 50 

 20 

 10 

 12 



Average 



32.5 



20.3 



Tabic 6 gives the results of a comparison of six crops which were 

 field-piled before storage and six which were not. 



The average per cent loss of the two groups shows 12^/2 per cent 

 better keeping for those not field-piled. The fact that one grower's 

 product in the lots not field-piled was very bad prevented this differ- 

 ence from being much greater. Except for this one exception, no 

 grower in this group had as great a loss as the best one in the field- 

 piled grou}). 



A check against the experimental results in regard to tempera- 

 tures was possible in one storage in which heat was maintained by a 

 stove. Here, in the part of the storage near the stove, black rot was 



Fig. 5. — Squash exposed on a frosty night to determine the comparative 



air and squash surface temperatures. These specimens have 



had their stems cut short, as recommended. 



