HANDLING AND SHIPPING FRESH CHERRIES AND PRUNES. 



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house may be as serious as two or more days during periods of rather 

 low temperatures. 



Table V. — Decay in commercially handled nonprecooled prunes immediately 

 loaded and in those delayed two days before loading, Willamette Valley, 

 season of 1911. 



Time in iced car. 



Time factors and extent of decay (per 

 cent). 



On withdrawal. 



Immedi- 

 ate. 



Delayed. 



Six days after with- 

 drawal. 



Immedi- 

 ate. 



Delayed. 



10 days 

 15 days 

 20 days 



3.7 

 6.4 

 5.8 



4.0 

 9.4 

 16.1 



8.6 

 18.3 

 19.6 



16.0 

 18.1 

 21.6 



Table VI and figure 6 present a comparison of immediate and 

 delayed shipments of carefully handled prunes during the seasons 

 of 1911 and 1913. The results in the carefully handled lots during 



IMMEDIATE 

 LOADING 





DELAYED TWO DAYS 

 BEFORE LOADING 



PEfil CEA/T OECAV 



20 IB IO 5 o 



DAYS IN ICED CA 



PER CEA/T DEC^y 



O 5 IO 15 20 IS SO SB 



1 ' 1 ' I 10 



IF? 1 i ' I ' | '■'■' 



[01 



1911 



ON WITHDRAWAL 



0.4 | 



■ i.e 



■4 DAYS LATER 



2.1 ■ 



PP 2/4 



6 DAYS LATER 



2.5 B 



D OA 



Hll 3-0 



lllllllllllllillll 50 



1913 



ON WITHDRAWAL 

 4 DAYS LATER 

 6 DAYS LATER 



4.0 HI 



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"« »llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll» 



15 DAYS IN ICED CAR 



I at 



1911 



ON WITHDRAWAL 



1.7 ■ 



I 



4 DAYS LATER 



49 HSBB 



£H 3e 



6 DAYS LATER 



45 BH 



O 12 



—in is 



1913 



ON WITHDRAWAL 

 4 DAYS LATER 

 6 DAYS LATER 



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Fig. 6. — Diagram illustrating the percentages of decay in carefully handled nonprecooled 

 prunes immediately loaded and those delayed two days in the. warehouse before loading, 

 Salem, Oreg., 1911 and 1913. 



1911 are entirely consistent with the data given in Table V for the 

 commercially handled primes, the delayed lots uniformly showing 

 more decay than those in the immediately loaded or shipped lots. 

 It will also be noted that the figures for 1913 show considerably 

 more decay than those for 1911, due mainly to the fact that more 

 brown-rot developed during the season of 1913. 



