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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
transit from Florida plants. A careful 
study of individual car records on approx¬ 
imately 2,000 shipments warrants the 
statement that transit re-icing is not neces¬ 
sary from this State under normal ship¬ 
ping conditions if fruit is properly cooled 
and iced before shipment. 
In closing, I wish to voice the convic¬ 
tion that pre-cooling is with us to stay. 
Its advantages are becoming more and 
more apparent each season and it will, in 
the not far distant future, become a truly 
important branch of the State’s marketing 
operations. Of necessity it will be limited 
to the larger producing centers and larger 
packing houses, as the overhead charges 
incident to its adoption preclude its uni¬ 
versal use. Notwithstanding this added 
expense, to the house that ships under re¬ 
frigeration 50,000 boxes or more yearly, 
it becomes of great interest and, if proper¬ 
ly handled, it will soon demonstrate its 
value. 
