SHIPMENT OF OEANGES FROM FLORIDA. 



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immediate and delayed shipments during the seasons of 1910-11 and 1911-12. Suffi- 

 cient data have been accumulated to indicate that carefully handled fruit may be 

 cured without serious loss, but that wherever the fruit has been appreciably damaged 

 in the course of its preparation for shipment, decay is materially greater in the delayed 

 lots. The carefully handled immediate and delayed shipments during 1910-11 and 

 1911-12 arrived with 0.5 per cent and 0.7 per cent of decay, respectively, the differ- 

 ence being so slight that it may be neglected entirely. The commercially handled 

 immediate shipments showed 4.6 per cent of decay and the delayed ones 6.6 per 



Fig. 15. — Diagram illustrating the percentage of blue-mold decay of oranges on arrival in Washington 

 and after holding for three weeks, in carefully handled and commercially handled lots and in im- 

 mediate and delayed shipments, 1910-11, 



cent on arrival. After holding these lots of fruit for three weeks the decay in the 

 carefully handled fruit had increased to 2 per cent, while the commercially handled 

 shipments showed 13.8 per cent of decay for the immediate and 14.8 per cent for the 

 delayed ones. Once again the effect of careful handling upon the behavior of the 

 fruit after arrival in market is strikingly shown. 



Table XIV. — Blue-mold decay of oranges on arrival in Washington and after holding for 

 three weeks, in carefully handled and commercially handled and in immediate and 

 delayed shipments, 1910-11 and 1911-12} 



Time of examination. 



Careful pick and .pack. 



1910-11 



1911-12 



Average 

 2 seasons. 



Commercial pick and pack. 



1910-11 



1911-12 



Average 

 2 seasons. 



On arrival: 



Immediate. 



Delayed . . . 

 After 1 week: 



Immediate. 



Delayed . . . 

 After 2 weeks: 



Immediate. 



Delayed . . . 

 After 3 weeks: 



Immediate. 



Delayed . . . 



Per cent. 



0.5 



.7 



1.1 

 1.2 



1.4 



1.8 



1.7 

 2.1 



Per cent. 

 0.5 



.7 



1.0 



1.4 

 1.5 



2.3 

 2.0 



Per cent. 

 0.5 



.7 



1.0 

 1.1 



1.4 

 1.7 



2.0 

 2.1 



Per cent. 

 6.4 

 7.3 



10.4 

 11.2 



12.9 

 13.4 



14.1 

 14.4 



Per cent. 

 2.9 

 5.8 



5.7 



8.7 



9.7 

 11.7 



13.5 

 15.1 



Per cent. 

 4.6 

 6.6 



8.1 



11.3 

 12.5 



13.8 

 14.8 



1 From 39 comparable shipments made in 19IO-II and 28 comparable shipments made in 1911-12, 



