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room in a few minutes. In no case was there any evidence that the 

 rate of thawing affected the amount of injury to the unripe fruit, 

 or even to the partially ripe Yellow Swan peaches. It seems proba- 

 ble that slow thawing affects the amount of injury to fruits only in 

 case of ripe apples and pears. 



The following table gives the results of slow and rapid thawing 

 of some garden plants: 



Table. 17. Showing the Effect of Slow and Rapid Thawing 

 on Leaves and Stems of Growing Plants. 



Material 



Manner 



of 

 Thawing 



Date 



Tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 



Num- 

 ber of 

 Leaves 



Per- 

 cent- 

 age 

 all 

 Killed 



Per- 

 cent- 

 age 

 Total 

 Sur- 

 face 

 Killed 



Cowpeas 



Cowpeas 



Cowpeas 



Cowpeas 



Cowpeas 



Lettuce 



Lettuce 



Lettuce 



Lettuce 



Lettuce (Black 



Seeded Simpson) 

 Lettuce (Black 



Seeded Simpson) 

 Lettuce (Black 



Seeded Simpson) 

 Lettuce (Black 



Seeded Simpson) 



Kale 



Kale 



Kale 



Kale 



Kale 



Kale 



Kale 



Cabbage 



Cabbage 



Red Cabbage . . . 

 Red Cabbage . . . 

 Cabbage, 



Flat Dutch... 

 Cabbage, 



Flat Dutch... 



Cabbage 



Cabbage 



Cabbage 



Rapidly in room, 

 Slowly in freezer 

 Rapidly in sun. . 

 Rapidly in room. 

 Slowly in freezer, 

 Rapidly in room. 

 Slowly in freezer, 

 Rapidly in room 

 Slowly in freezer. 



Rapidly in room 



Slowly in freezer. 



Rapidly in room 



Slowly in freezer 

 Rapidly in room. 

 Slowly in freezer. 

 Rapidly in room. 

 Slowly in freezer. 

 Rapidly, fanned. 

 Rapidly in room. 

 Slowly in freezer, 

 Rapidly in room. 

 Slowly in freezer. 

 Rapidly in room. 

 Slowly in freezer 



Rapidly in room. 



Slowly in room . . 

 Rapidly in room. 

 Slowly in freezer. 

 Rapidly, fanned. 



May 

 May 

 May 

 June 

 June 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 



28,'13 

 28,'13 

 28,'13 

 14,'13 

 14/13 

 7/13 

 7/13 

 13/13 

 13/13 



June 12/13 

 June 12/13 

 June 12/13 



June 

 May 

 May 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 July 



July 



May 

 May 

 May 

 May 



12/13 

 15/13 

 IS '13 

 28/13 

 28/13 

 28/13 

 3/13 

 3/13 

 15/13 

 15/13 

 15/13 

 15/13 



June 12/13 



June 12/13 

 June 28/13 

 June 28/13 

 June 28/13 



-3.8 

 -3.8 

 -3.8 

 -4 



-4 

 -4 

 -4 

 -4 

 -4 



-4 



-5 



-5 



-3.5 



-3.5 



-3.5 



-3.5 



-3.5 



-5 



-5 



-5 



-5 



-4 

 -3.5 

 -3.5 

 -3.5 



12 



26 



25 



3 



3 



27 



20 



4 



3 



11 



10 



10 

 6 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 9 



20 



10 

 5 

 5 

 5 



25 

 100 

 100 

 100 



22!2 

 5.0 



66.6 



36.6 



90.0 



90.0 



16.6 



0.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



80.0 



80.0 



100.0 



100.0 



20.0 



33.3 



100.0 



100.0 

 40.0 

 40.0 

 40.0 



100 

 90 

 37 

 13 

 90 

 50 



92 



50 



97.5 



97.5 



20.8 



0.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



95.0 



95.0 



100.0 



100.0 



20.0 



33.3 



100.0 



100.0 

 85.0 

 85.0 

 85.0 



