UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 956 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Indns 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



August 17, 1921 



A STUDY OF THE FACTORS 



AFFECTING TEMPERATURE CHANGES 



IN THE CONTAINER DURING THE 



CANNING OF FRUITS AND 



VEGETABLES 



By 



C. A. MAGOON and C. W. CULPEPPER 

 OflSce of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations 



Basis of the Study. . . . 

 Review of the Literature 

 Methods and Apparatus . 

 Preliminary Ehcperiments 



CONTENTS 



Page 

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Single-Period Processing 17 



Intermittent Processing 45 



Summary 53 



Literature Cited 55 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFnCE 



1921 



