TABLE 3.-Decay development in retail store samples of apples held 4 days at 70° F. 
after retail 
Number 
of 
apples 
Surface lesion size and percent 
Sample of fruit decayed 
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Overwrapped tray... 
more numerous in the poly-bagged and bulk fruit samples (table 2), however, and much 
more decay resulted (table 3). Most of the decay was caused by the common blue mold 
fungus, Penicillium expansum. 
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