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great. It will be noticed that even in the immediate shipments the proportion of 
decayed oranges amounted to 26.1 per cent on arrival and at the end of three weeks 
constituted 42.8 per cent of the total. In the delayed shipments, 67.3 per cent of de- 
cay had developed on arrival, and this was increased to 71.9 per cent after three weeks. 
This is an extreme case, of course, and it is only fair to state that few houses in Flor- 
ida were doing as poor work as this during 1910-11. The figures are presented to em- 
phasize the contrast between commercial work performed under different conditions. 
Table XVI and its ac- 
companying diagram (fig. 
19) give the results of im- 
mediate and delayed ship- 
ments of fruit from a single 
packing house during the 
period when high decay is 
usually most prevalent in 
Florida. The work done 
in this house could not be 
considered as first class. 
For the sake of contrast, 
immediate and delayed lots 
carefully handled by the 
bureau workers were sent 
out at the same time as 
the commercially handled 
shipments. The carefully 
handled fruit, shipped im- 
mediately, arrived in Wash- 
ington with 1 per cent of 
decay, while the commer- 
cially handled oranges 
showed 5.1 per cent. The 
carefully handled delayed 
lot had developed 3.6 per 
cent of decay on arrival, 
while the commercially 
handled delayed shipment 
Fig. 18.— Diagram illustrating the percentage of blue-mold decay of 
oranges on arrival in "Washington and after holding for three 
weeks, in immediate and delayed shipments from two houses, 
1910-11. 
showed 36.9 per cent at the same time. After holding the carefully handled fruit in 
Washington for three weeks, the immediate shipment was still in very good market- 
able condition with only 2 per cent of decay, whereas the percentage in the delayed 
lot had increased to 6.3. The latter fruit was still marketable, although subject 
to discount. Both lots of commercially handled fruit, however, developed decay 
far in excess of any market allowance, the immediate lot showing 25.6 per cent and the 
delayed 44 per cent. 
Table XVI. — Blue-mold decay of oranges in immediate and delayed shipments from one 
house, on arrival in Washington and after holding for three weeks during a period of high 
blue-mold decay i December, 1911. 
Carefully handled 
fruit. 
Commercially han- 
dled fruit. 
Time of examination. 
Immedi- 
ate. 
Delayed. 
Immedi- 
ate. 
Delayed. 
Per cent. 
1.0 
1.0 
1.2 
2.0 
Per cent. 
3.6 
4.6 
5.3 
6.3 
Per cent. 
5.1 
16.5 
23.3 
25.6 
Per cent. 
36.9 
38.0 
39.4 
44.0 
