. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. THE STORAGE OF HUBBARD SQUASH 9 tained at too hio-h a temperature for best squash storage and this could not be remedied, another room was provided. A uniform tem- perature of .-^O^F. near the door and 60°F. at the top of the shelves was manitamed. These temperatures were thought to be about right for Blue Hubbard squash storage. The humiditv was maintained at trom ZO to 50 per cent. In order to avoid bruising the squash by fre- (|uent exammations, they were left in place on the racks far enouo-h apart so that they could be inspected from all sides wit
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. THE STORAGE OF HUBBARD SQUASH 9 tained at too hio-h a temperature for best squash storage and this could not be remedied, another room was provided. A uniform tem- perature of .-^O^F. near the door and 60°F. at the top of the shelves was manitamed. These temperatures were thought to be about right for Blue Hubbard squash storage. The humiditv was maintained at trom ZO to 50 per cent. In order to avoid bruising the squash by fre- (|uent exammations, they were left in place on the racks far enouo-h apart so that they could be inspected from all sides without moving tliem. \\ hen evidence of spoilage occurred, the fruits were removed Ihis years experiment was conducted under what might be called optimum storage conditions so far as we know them. The stems in one lot of squash were removed close to the fruits with a prunino- saw. Other squash were bruised by hitting them with a wide smooth board; no skin breakage occurred. Squash left uncovered in the field and injured by trost were also placed in storage. Thermocouples connected to an automatic recording instrument showed that the air loo'^'^^'f^"''^; """ ^^'^ "^^-''^ ^''^^ '"j"^>' to the squash occurred, was Zb t., but the temperature underneath the skin on the top of the squash dropped as low as 22°F. Fig- 4.—A squash with stem gouged out, after five months' storage. Note that cut area has healed 1944-1945 Results The results of the storage experiment as compiled in Tabic 5 largely confirm expectations. The crop as a whole kept well with the temperature at 50°-60°F. and low humiditv 20-50 per cent The short-stemmed squash kept better than the long-stemmed ones. Those taken directly to storage kept better than the field-piled ones. Since the best of those taken directly to storage kept perfectlv. greenhouse curing tor two weeks could not be expected to make them better but they did give perfect storage. The heat in the greenho
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