. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. SHIPMENT OF OEANGES FKOM FLORIDA. fruit. When the fruit is held for 3 or 4 days in the packing house the period elapsing between picking and final consumption is unnecessarily and even dangerously length- ened. From this standpoint alone curing is unwise, as the delay increases the chance for the infection of bruises or injured spots and facilitates the development of decay before shipment and in Fig. 17.—Diagram illustrating the percentage of blue-mold decay of oranges, on arrival in Wastiiiigton and after h
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. SHIPMENT OF OEANGES FKOM FLORIDA. fruit. When the fruit is held for 3 or 4 days in the packing house the period elapsing between picking and final consumption is unnecessarily and even dangerously length- ened. From this standpoint alone curing is unwise, as the delay increases the chance for the infection of bruises or injured spots and facilitates the development of decay before shipment and in Fig. 17.—Diagram illustrating the percentage of blue-mold decay of oranges, on arrival in Wastiiiigton and after holdiag for three weeks, in carefully handled and commercially handled lots and in immediate and delayed shipments; average of the two seasons, 1910-11 and 1911-12. A comparison of commercially handled immediate and delayed shipments from two packing houses, in one of which the work was being done very carefully, while in the other the handling was of a rather rough character, emphasizes the relationship which exists between delay and the occurrence of decay while in transit. Table XV and its accompanying diagram (fig. IS) give the results of commercial shipments from these two packing houses during the season of 1910-11. The houses were located in the same district and the fruit was similar in character. Table XV.—Blue-mold decay of oranges on arrival in Washington and after holding for three weeks, the immediate and delayed shipments from two houses, 1910-11. House No. 1. House No. 2. Time of examination. Immedi- ate. Delayed. Immedi- ate. Delayed. Per cent. 0 Per cent. 0 .6 Per cent. Per cent. After 1 week After 2 weeks After 3 weeks The fruit from house No. 1, which was carrying on the work in a careful manner, arrived in Washington with no decay in either immediate or delayed lots, and after holding for three weeks the immediate shipments developed 4 per cent of decay, while the delayed ones had less than 2 per
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