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BULLETIN 331, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
respectively, as against 12.3 per cent of decay and 16 per cent of decay 
for the same periods in the commercially handled fruit. At the end 
of a 10-day transit period, which is approximately equal in time to 
shipment to Chicago, the commercially handled fruit showed over 
eight times as much decay as developed in the same fruit when 
carefullv handled. 
CAREFULLY HANDLED 
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Fig. 1. — Diagram illustrating the percentages of decay in carefully and commercially 
handled cherries, Salem, Oreg, 1911. 
Table I. — Decay in carefully and commercially handled cherries, Willamette 
Valley, season of 1911. 
Time and manner of handling and ex- 
tent of decay (per cent). 
Time in iced car. 
On withdrawal. 
Two days after 
withdrawal. 
Care- 
ful. 
Commer- 
cial. 
Care- 
ful. 
Commer- 
cial. 
0.5 
1.5 
4.3 
,s 
12.3 
16.0 
3.5 
3.5 
7.3 
10.8 
10 days 
21.4 
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MAKKET HOLDING TESTS. 
It is not only essential that the fruit be delivered on the market in 
sound condition, but it is also of the greatest importance that it re- 
main in good, sound condition for a reasonable period, for distribu- 
tion to the consumers. Fruit that does not keep well after arrival or 
which shows considerable spoilage while in the wholesalers' or re- 
tailers' hands soon gets a reputation for poor keeping quality and is 
seriously discounted, even though it arrives in practically sound 
condition. 
The differences, as indicated in Table 1, between commercially and 
carefully handled fruit two days after withdrawal are, if anything, 
more striking than the results on arrival. The inspection of the care- 
