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SHIPMENT OF RED RASPBERRIES. Pad 
approximately four, six, and eight days might be obtained. The pe- 
riod of transportation to Grand Forks was usually a little less than 
four days, and the fruit was quite thoroughly cooled in transit, so 
that the transfer to another iced car resulted in but slight change in 
temperature. The holding periods of two and four days i in this car 
after arrival therefore gave conditions during transit periods of six 
and eight days. These “periods correspond with the holding periods 
at Puyallup during the season of 1911. 
SHIPPING TESTS DURING THE SEASON OF 1912. 
Figure 18 and Table 2 show the results of these inspections and 
corroborate fully the results of the season of 1911. 
The carefully handled fruit shows but 0.2, 0.8, and 2.7 per cent of 
decay at the end of four, six, and eight days, respectively, as against 
3.9, 7.4, and 14.6 per cent of decay for the commercially handled 
CAREFUL : ORDINARY _ 
HANDLING COMMERCIAL HANDLING 
FER CENT DECAY FER CENT DECAY 
|FOUR DAYS IN CAR | | ! | | 
- |0.2 ON WITHDRAWAL 3.9 —EREael 
Jos oneEoaYLATER 9.7 (I 
SIX DAYS IN CAR 
B08 ONWITHDRAWAL 7.4 — 
5.5 ONE DAY LATER 
EIGHT DAYS IN CAR 
fl 2.7 «ON WITHORAWAL «14.c RR 
TOTTI) §-t ONE Oy TER 
Iie. 18.—Diagram illustrating the percentage of decay in carefully handled and ordi- 
nary commercially handled red raspberries after arrival at Grand Forks, N. Dak. The 
decay shown under the heading ‘* Four days in ear” is that developed in transit from 
Puyallup to Grand Forks, and the decay shown under the headings ‘‘ Six days in ear ” 
and “ Hight days in car,’ respectively, represent additional holding periods in an iced 
ear at Grand Forks of two and four days, making total transit periods of six and 
eight days. 
berries for the same periods. The after-withdrawal inspections are 
equally striking. There was less decay (2.7 per cent) in the care- 
fully handled fruit at the end of eight days than in that commercially 
handled at the end of but four days (3.9 per cent). These results so 
fully corroborate those obtained during the season of 1911 that fur- 
ther discussion is unnecessary. 
TABLE 2.—Decay in carefully handled and commercially handled red rasp- 
berries shipped to Grand Forks, N. Dak., in 1912. 
Decay on withdrawal. Decay 1 day after withdrawal. 
Time in iced car. Carefully Commercially Carefully Commercially 
handled. handled. handled. handled. 
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 
ANDY Serene Seo = Sas en eee ecds 0.2 3.9 0.8 9.7 
(OG EN SSeS Se tare ae rae ie mead 8 7.4 5d 19.8 
3 GUISE ot oie Be ONS ARES ae Seiptne Seo + mikes 27 14.6 8.1 3153 
