SHIPMENT OF RED RASPBERRIES. 



25 



with canvas to protect the fruit from the sun and dust. Previous 

 to loading, the crates containing the fruit were kept in the shade 

 of a receiving shed and exposed as little as possible to the sun after 

 removal from the vines. "When loading on and unloading from the 

 wagons and when placing in the car the crates were handled with 

 all possible care, especial effort being made to keep them in a hori- 

 zontal position and to prevent hard jolting in placing them on the 

 platform or in the car. The too frequent practice of tipping crates 

 nearly on end in loading cars results in considerable bruising, as the 

 berries roll from 

 side to side in the 

 cups and against 



GROWER /=>£# c<f/vr oeca>- 



Number ° * !° 



114 

 149 

 247 



284 

 237 

 476 



149 

 413 

 200 



55 

 201 

 183 



EH 



the division board 

 and the cover. 



That the berries 

 can be handled com- 

 mercially with suf- 

 ficient care to in- 

 sure the desired 

 keeping quality is 

 not seriously ques- 

 tioned by intelli- 

 gent growers. It is 

 Largely a matter of 

 the thorough or- 

 ganization of their 

 forces, proper instruction in methods of handling, constant super- 

 vision, and careful inspection of work. That many growers are 

 already accomplishing the work as well or better even than did the 

 workers of the Bureau of Plant Industry is indicated in Table III 

 and figure 10, which show the percentages of mold, soft berries, and 

 total deterioration in the first inspection of fruit from twelve differ- 

 ent growers. The decay runs all the way from 1.3 per cent to 39 

 per cent. 



Pig. 19. — Diagram illustrating the percentages of moldy 

 and of soft fruit and total decay in commercially handled 

 fruit obtained from various growers, this fruit being held 

 in an ordinary iced car for four days at Puyallup, Wash., 

 in the season of 1911. 



Table III. — Moldy and soft berries and total decay in commercially handled 

 hit* of red raspberries from different growers held in an iced ear <it Puyallup, 

 u ash., In 1911. 



Orower No. 



Holdy. 





Total 



'!«■< say, 



Orower Mo. 



Moldy. 



Soft. 



Total 



(It'ciiy. 



ii i 



1 



30. 6 



i 8 



27.1 

 7 1 



/■,, cent 

 9.0 

 1.8 



1.2 



. 1 

 1 



Pera nl 



■ i 

 81.3 

 7.8 



1 19 



P( I r, nl 



88. I 

 6. 7 



88.0 

 .1 

 .1 

 .6 



/'« r a nl. 



ii. i 



20.0 



J.O 



.'.I 



i.a 



lll.ll 



/'i r CI nl. 







28 7 







89 o 







I 8 



287 







201 



I 8 







t0 6 









