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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
TABLE II. 
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY RECORD FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 2 QTH, I912. 
COCOANUT GROVE, FLA. 
Outside Air. Storage Room. 
Temperature (F.) Humidity %. Temperature (F.) Humidity %. 
Max, Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min 
Monday-82 71 100 83 75 7 1 84 79 
Tuesday --84 70 100 73 70 71 84 80 
Wednesday -- 79 68 96 84 74 71 83 80 
Thursday-83 68 100 79 74 69 84 79 
Friday-85 62 90 71 74 67 84 76 
Saturday_74 57 88 69 68 63 80 71 
Sunday -80 71 98 76 72 68 85 72 
Conditions in the storage room are de¬ 
cidedly more uniform than in the tent, 
and conditions in the tent are in turn 
more uniform than in the outside air. 
Those in the storage room though not 
the best, by any means, are probably as 
good as can be expected in this climate 
with natural cooling. The humidity is 
still too variable and the temperature too 
high, however, and it is evident that for 
the best results these conditions will have 
to be modified and improved. 
CONDITION AND QUALITY OF STORED 
GRAPEFRUIT. 
Part of the fruit in both the tent and 
storage room was stored wrapped, and 
part unwrapped. Several boxes in each 
lot of wrapped and unwrapped fruit in 
the storage room were washed before 
storage; the remainder were stored with¬ 
out washing. All the fruit held in the 
tent was washed. Some striking differ¬ 
ences in condition were found between 
grapefruit stored wrapped and unwrap¬ 
ped, washed and not washed, and be¬ 
tween fruit in the storage room and that 
stored in the tent. Tables III. and IV. 
show how great those differences were. 
The term “good commercial condition” 
used in this connection designates fruit 
that changed very little in color and firm¬ 
ness while in storage. This fruit would 
not be discounted on the market. What 
falls outside of this class is not unsalable 
by any means, but would have to be 
shipped under the third grade. 
TABLE III. 
WRAPPED VS. UNWRAPPED GRAPEFRUIT. 
PER CENT. IN “GOOD COMMERCIAL 
CONDITION,” AFTER ONE TO FIVE 
MONTHS IN STORAGE. 
/—Held in Storage Room-! ^-Held in Stor. Tent-^ 
Length of 
Time in 
Storage Wrapped Unwrapped Wrapped Unwrapped 
i month .99.8 
98.1 
99.2 
7°-5 
2 months.98.3 
91.8 
85.2 
22.0 
3 months-87.8 
50-3 
2 7-5 
0.8 
4 months-79.2 
28.0 
5 months-66.4 
18.3 
