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TABLE VI 

 Condition of Easter pears during the progress of the second test 



Lot no 



3 



4 



5 



Treatment 



High temperature 

 (qo°F.), high hu- 

 midity (ioo per 

 cent) 



High temperature 



(99-?°.F.), high 

 humidity ( i o o 



per cent) 



High temperature 

 (109° F.), high 

 humidity (91 per 

 cent) 



High temperature 

 (1 21.2 F.), 

 moderate hu- 

 midity (70 per 

 cent) 



High temperature 

 (ioi°F.), low hu- 

 midity (well be- 

 low 50 per cent) 



Date of examination 



September 28 



Green, same as 

 when first put 

 in, some mold 

 developing 



Green, same as 

 when first put 

 in, some mold 



Green, same as 

 when first put 

 in, no mold ' 



Green, same as 

 when first put 

 in, no mold 



Green, same as 

 when first put 

 in, no mold 



October 3 



Green, firm, un- 

 ripe; half of 

 fruits largely 

 or completely 

 rotted with 

 Rhizopus and 

 Penicillium 

 mold 



Green, firm, un- 

 ripe; half of 

 fruits largely 

 or completely 

 rotted with 

 Rhizopus and 

 Penicillium 

 mold 



Green, firm, un- 

 ripe; only 

 slight mold at 

 base of 2 

 fruits 



All fruits seemed 

 cooked ; skin 

 chocolate 

 colored with 

 tissue soft and 

 grayish white 

 with flecks of 

 brown scat- 

 tered through, 

 considerable 

 internal 

 breakdown 



Same 



lot 



as lot 3, 

 noticeably 

 wilted 



October 10 



Fi rm , 

 lighter 

 than 

 put in 



unripe, 



green 



when 



Firm, unripe, 

 greenish 



yellow; con- 

 siderable mold 



Completely 

 broken down, 

 and rotted 

 with mold, 

 skin chocolate 

 brown, flesh 

 dirty white 

 color 



Unripe, light 

 green with few 

 small patches 

 of yellowish 

 green, very 



hadlv wilted 





