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delayed in ordinary freight cars in transit. They raay 

 afterwards decay badly in storage break down quickly on 

 removal or lose their delicate flavor or aroma. When 

 stored in a large package, like the barrel, the fruit, 

 especially'' the early varieties, often soften in the cen- 

 ter of the package while the outside layers remain firm 

 and green, Frequently no two shipments from the sajne or 

 chard act alike, even when stored in adjoining packages 

 in the same room, and the warehouseman and the owner not 

 always knowing the history of the fruit, are at a loss 

 to understand the difficulty. And in a report froia the 

 Department of Agriculture of South Whales on the subject 

 it said that it had been the aim of the Department in 

 the fruit storage investigation to determine as far as 

 possible the reasons of some of the pear storage trou- 

 bles and to point out the relations of the results to a 

 more rational storage business. 



Pears ripen much more rapidly after they are picked 

 than they do in a similar temperature while hanging on 

 the tree. The rapidity of the ripening varies with the 

 character of the fruit, the maturity of the fruit when 

 picked, the temperature in which it is placed and the 

 conditions under which it has been grown. If the fruit 



