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sirable sizes; and it may possibly be 
found that the fruit picked earlier will 
keep over the longer holding period bet¬ 
ter than the later fruit can be held for 
a shorter period. 
One season's work can be taken as lit¬ 
tle more than indicative of the factors 
which should be considered in planning 
future work. The experiments will have 
to be continued at least two more seasons 
before any definite conclusions can be 
drawn. We hope, with a continuance of 
the splendid co-operation given us by Mr. 
Temple and the Cocoanut Grove Associa¬ 
tion, to be able to work out the problem 
to a satisfactory conclusion. The ex¬ 
periments next year will include grape¬ 
fruit held in storage rooms cooled, either 
by ice or by artificial refrigeration, to a 
temperature as low as 60 degrees, F. It 
will be possible to maintain more con¬ 
stant and satisfactory humidity in rooms 
cooled in this way. Special emphasis 
will be laid on this phase of the work, 
and at the same time the value of certain 
packing materials, such as cork and saw¬ 
dust, will be tested. It is hoped that 
some feasible and practical means will 
be found of holding Florida grapefruit 
at least through May, June and July. 
These three months added to the pres¬ 
ent marketing period would materially 
increase the amount of fruit which could 
be profitably marketed, and the judicious 
storage of grapefruit should also be of 
advantage in holding the market steady 
throughout the season. It is the opinion 
of the trade that there would be an ac¬ 
tive demand for Florida grapefruit at 
least until the last of July, and I have no 
doubt that when the supply is forthcom¬ 
ing the consumer will demand grapefruit 
every month of the year. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. McKay: I have here some speci¬ 
mens of fruit from the storage at Cocoa- 
nut Grove. This one was picked Novem¬ 
ber 8th ? 1912, and held under common 
storage. This was picked December 
20th, 1912, and held in storage until I 
came over here. This ofce was put up 
wrapped without washing, and this one 
washed and wrapped. Both were held 
in the storage. 
Mr. Bond: I experimented a little in 
storage myself in 1893. I shipped 
something like fifty or seventy-five boxes 
of oranges to Cleveland, Ohio. As I rec¬ 
ollect it now, they were picked about the 
first of March. They were mixed varie¬ 
ties; I don’t remember exactly the varie¬ 
ties. I shipped them to Cleveland and 
had them put in storage. Later, I went 
North and went to the storage house and 
there saw two or three barrels of grape¬ 
fruit that some one had sent there for 
their own use—not to sell. I saw the 
condition they were in, and was told 
they had been in there about thirty or 
forty days. My own oranges were per¬ 
fectly sound. I took them out and sold 
them to Cleveland people in the month of 
July. They were packed in boxes and 
unwrapped and unwashed—we knew 
nothing about washing them in those 
days. I think a little of it was done by 
Mr. Stetson. ! 
My recollection is that my oranges 
were not wrapped or washed. The result 
