. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. THE STORAGE OF HUBBARD SQUASH Table 1.—Effect of Treatments upon Losses of Squash in Storage. 1942-43. Treatments Apple Receivina^ Room Temp. 60°-75°F. Humidity 50-60% Per Cent Removed bv Dates Given Nov. 23 Dec. 21 Jan. 27 Feb. 15 ,1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. 14. Early set, field piled Medium set. field piled Late set, field piled Direct from field, carefully handled Direct from field, bruised Field piled, bruised Greenhouse cured two weeks Dusted with COGS in the field, field piled with Borax with Fermate with Thiosan with Phenothiozen Field piled, tr
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. THE STORAGE OF HUBBARD SQUASH Table 1.—Effect of Treatments upon Losses of Squash in Storage. 1942-43. Treatments Apple Receivina^ Room Temp. 60°-75°F. Humidity 50-60% Per Cent Removed bv Dates Given Nov. 23 Dec. 21 Jan. 27 Feb. 15 ,1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. 14. Early set, field piled Medium set. field piled Late set, field piled Direct from field, carefully handled Direct from field, bruised Field piled, bruised Greenhouse cured two weeks Dusted with COGS in the field, field piled with Borax with Fermate with Thiosan with Phenothiozen Field piled, treated Field piled, treated Field piled, treated Field piled, treated Apple Cold Storage Temp. 35°-40°F. Relative Humidity 80-85% Medium mature, field piled Medium mature, field piled Modified air apple cold storage 12 56 64 68 16 44 44 56 4 44 80 84 8 20 24 Zl 4 36 44 48 40 76 80 88 4 24 Z2 40 16 44 48 60 12 36 68 84 (1 28 40 56 12 24 40 44 12 36 64 68 20 11 100 100 28 il 92 100 Potato Storage Temp. 32°-38°F. Relative Humidity 85-99% !5. Medium mature, field piled not noted 60 100 100 In treatments 9, 10. 11, 12. the fruits were diiijjtd in solutions of the fungicides just before being placed on the shelves at storage time. Borax was used at 1 per cent concentration plus a wetter. Fermate, Thiosan, and Phenothiozen were each .5 per cent concentration with agents added. mature or over ripe squash. Of the other treatments, the squash kept in the apple-modified-atmosphere room and those stored in the reg- ular apple storage spoiled early. Those in the potato storage also de- cayed sooner than those in the receiving room. Bruised squash showed more than average spoilage. Even the best treatment resulted in losses up to 40 per cent by the end of the 148-day storage \ Fig. 2.—Black rot, a common storage Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
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