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on the tenth, day of OctolDer and gathered the pears, 

 bringing them immediately to the cellar, I took eight 

 samples of them and wrapped them as follows: one sample 

 with tissue paper, one with tissue first then waxed pa- 

 per, one with tissue first then double wajced, one with 

 waxed paper alone, one with double waxed, one with com- 

 mon brown wrapping paper, one with leaves and a check 

 sample. These pears were weighed and examined once a 

 month and results recorded. The samples that I used 

 were packed in ten pound baskets, just as many as I 

 cotild pack in and put the cover on well, When the fruit 

 was picked it was just beginning to turn a little yellow 

 and I was careftil to leave all the stem on the fruit 

 and pick the best specimens I could find. 



The packing was done on the II, of October and weighed 

 on the twelfth. The weight of each sample when stored 

 was as follows: 



HO, VmiGm DATE WRAPPING VARIETY, STOEETD 



lbs, oz, 

 I 5- I ,... TO/12/517, Tissue,,,Ke if fer ..Cellar 



2 5 - 2-I- " " , Wax, .... « " 



3 ,.,.5-3 " " " Tissue-wax ", " 



4 5 -5 , " " Wrapping " " 



5 5- 2|- ._" " Tissue-2\?ax " " 



