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fruit before storing. There is little difference in the 
green and the red varieties; but apparently there is 
considerable difference between the highly colored and 
poorly colored specimens of the same variety. Most of 
the trouble appears upon the green or under colored 
parts of the fruit. 
There is also a difference between the fruit of differ- 
ent years or seasons. Some years not over 1 or 2% of 
seald will appear, while in some seasons as high as 20 
or 25% will be affected by this trouble. This is a trouble 
that is worthy of more serious consideration on the part 
of various state experiment stations. 
Shrinkage in Storage.—It has been found impossible 
to prevent fruit from shrinking while in storage. This 
is not of the greatest importance, still it is necessary to 
consider it. In a good many retail markets it is the 
habit of dealers to sell fruit by weight rather than by 
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