EHIZOPUS EOT OF STRAWBERRIES IN TRANSIT. 
Table IV. — Effect of drying or heating strawberries. 
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Unwashed fruit. 
Washed fruit. 
Treatment of fruit, if any. 
Number 
of ber- 
ries. 
Sound 
after 
arrival. 
Number 
of ber- 
ries. 
Sound 
after 
arrival. 
396 
430 
412 
473 
Per cent. 
72 
64 
56 
37 
352 
Per cent. 
69 
Exposed to air (21° C, 70° F.) in shade of packing house 
Exposed to sunlight (30° C, 86° F.). 
416 
47 
Spread on table covered with black cloth and placed in sun; 
Observations at points of shipment and destination show that car 
lots of berries picked and shipped on very warm days under similar 
conditions of transit do not arrive at northern markets in such good 
condition as those shipped during cooler weather. This further illus- 
trates the fact that the temperature of the berries from the time they 
are picked until placed under refrigeration influences their shipping 
qualities. 
A final series of experiments was undertaken to substantiate further 
the previous results in regard to the effect of washing fruit in clean 
w T ater and drying before packing. In this series, as before, shipments 
were made in small iced containers, commercial refrigerators, and in 
ventilated crates without refrigeration. Table V summarizes the re- 
sults of these shipments. They agree with the former experiments in 
showing the harmful effects of drying and emphasize the benefit de- 
rived from packing the fruit wet, for berries treated in this manner 
arrived at their destination in even better condition than those not 
washed. » 
Table V. — Effect of washing strawberries in clean water and of subsequent 
drying. 
Treatment of fruit, if any. 
Not washed 
Washed in clean water and packed wet 
Washed in clean water and dried before packing 
Number 
of ber- 
ries. 
3,027 
2,809 
2,826 
Sound 
after 
arrival. 
Per cent. 
46 
51 
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SUMMARY. 
The conclusions given here are drawn chiefly from field studies and 
experiments made in Florida and Washington in the winter and 
spring of 1916 and in Louisiana and Chicago in 1917. 
The deterioration of strawberries in transit may be due to the con- 
dition of the berries at the time of shipment or to inadequate trans- 
