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The results of the escperiments point out clearly 

 the injury that may occur by delaying the storage of the 

 fruit after it has been picked and emphasises the impor- 

 tance of a quick transfer from the orchard to the stor- 

 age house. If the fruit cannot be carried directly to 

 the storage house it is safer to let it stay on the tree 

 vmtil it can be, if the fruit has to be carried long 

 distances to the storage house it is far better to use 

 refrigerator cars. The common freight car is too tight 

 and from lack of ventilation and low temperature the 

 fruit sweats and ripens rapidly, Prom these remarks it 

 can be seen that the storage room, in lots of cases, is 

 not responsible for the early decay of fruit for it 

 may have been handled under some or all of these condi- 

 tions, which started the decay before reaching the stor- 

 age room. 



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 PERA.T1KE1S, 



There is no uniformity of temperatures in which 

 pears are stored, Pormally a temperature of from 36 

 to 40 degrees P, was thought best and most desirable, 



