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have as good and clean appearance as the fruit that 

 was wrapp'ed and it v/as also in a more withered condi- 

 tion. All of the rest,hov(rever , ^j/ith the exception of 

 the sample that was v>rrapped in common wrapping paper 

 and that wrapped in tissue p us tv/o waxed was in per- 

 fect condition and could have "been put on the iriarket 

 apparently as good as it was when it was stored. 



Thtis lot of fruit wats handled in the same ma,nner as 

 the two preceeding as well as all the other varieties 

 that I had in the experiment. Like tlie other varieties 

 there v/as a gradual decrease in weight. The following 

 tahle shows the first and second ?/eigLts, 



ist and 2nd v^eighing. 



