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between individual plants in the ratio between the box capacity of the storage 

 and the number of boxes that can be cooled per day. Most of the larger plants 

 serving more than one grower have storage capacity and cooling capacity ratios 

 that permit filling their storages with packed fruit in about 25 days without 

 exceeding the loads for which their refrigeration plants were designed. If 

 such plants were to be filled with loose fruit, the filling could be accomplished 

 in 17 days without overloading the refrigeration systems. Most of the 

 individual-grower, ranch-type installations, have capacity-volume ratios that 

 permit filling with loose fruit in 11 days without overload. However, a 

 greater variation of adequacy was found in the small plants. 



