. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. RHIZOPUS EOT OF STRAWBERRIES IN TRANSIT. Table IV.—Effect of drying or heating strawberries. 19 Treatment of fruit, if any. Unwashed fruit. Number of ber- ries. Sound after arrival. Washed fruit. Number of ber- ries. Sound after arrival. Packed without drying or heating Exposed to air (21° C, 70° F.) in shade of packing house Exposed to sunlight (30° C.; 86° F.) Spread on table covered with black cloth and placed in sun temperature 36° C. (97° F.) 396 430 412 Per cent. 72 Per cent. 69 Observations at points of shipment
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. RHIZOPUS EOT OF STRAWBERRIES IN TRANSIT. Table IV.—Effect of drying or heating strawberries. 19 Treatment of fruit, if any. Unwashed fruit. Number of ber- ries. Sound after arrival. Washed fruit. Number of ber- ries. Sound after arrival. Packed without drying or heating Exposed to air (21° C, 70° F.) in shade of packing house Exposed to sunlight (30° C.; 86° F.) Spread on table covered with black cloth and placed in sun temperature 36° C. (97° F.) 396 430 412 Per cent. 72 Per cent. 69 Observations at points of shipment and destination show that car lots of berries picked and shipped on very warm days under similar conditions of transit do not arrive at northern markets in such good condition as those shipped during cooler weather. This further illus- trates the fact that the temperature of the berries from the time they are picked until placed under refrigeration influences their shipping qualities. A final series of experiments was undertaken to substantiate further the previous results in regard to the effect of washing fruit in clean water and drying before packing. In this series, as before, shipments were made in small iced containers, commercial refrigerators, and in ventilated crates without refrigeration. Table V summarizes the re- sults of these shipments. They agree with the former experiments in showing the harmful effects of drying and emphasize the benefit de- rived from packing the fruit wet, for berries treated in this manner arrived at their destination in even better condition than those not washed. Table V.—Effect of washing strawberries in clean water and of subsequent drying. Treatment of fruit, if any. Not washed , Washed in clean water aria packed wet Washed in clean water and dried before packing SUMMARY. The conclusions given here are drawn chiefly from field studies and experiments made in Florida and Washington in the winter and spring of 1916 and in Louis
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