. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. j\jy"^mru BULLETIN No. 331 Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry WM. A. TAYLOK, Chief. sUV^Fmru Washington, D. C. January 10,1916 THE HANDLING AND SHIPPING OF FRESH CHERRIES AND PRUNES FROM THE WILLAMETTE By H. J. Ramsey, Pomologist in Charge of Fruit Handling and Storage Investigations. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Purpose of the investigations 2 Outline of the experiments 3 Page. Causes of decay in transit 4 Cherry investigations 4 Prune investigatinos 13 INTRODUCTION. There is a large bearin
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. j\jy"^mru BULLETIN No. 331 Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry WM. A. TAYLOK, Chief. sUV^Fmru Washington, D. C. January 10,1916 THE HANDLING AND SHIPPING OF FRESH CHERRIES AND PRUNES FROM THE WILLAMETTE By H. J. Ramsey, Pomologist in Charge of Fruit Handling and Storage Investigations. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Purpose of the investigations 2 Outline of the experiments 3 Page. Causes of decay in transit 4 Cherry investigations 4 Prune investigatinos 13 INTRODUCTION. There is a large bearing acreage of prunes in the district adjacent to Salem, Oreg., as well as in the Willamette Valley generally, and during the last few years there has been planted a considerable acreage of cherries. As a general rule, the prunes are nearly all evaporated, while the cherries are usually canned or put up in bar- rels for maraschino purposes. Only a small percentage of the cherry crop is evaporated. The economic and crop conditions are such that during certain seasons it would be a distinct advantage to market a portion of the crop in a fresh state instead of evaporating or can- ning almost the entire product, as is the case at the present time. Many attempts have been made to ship both fresh prunes and cherries to eastern markets, but with indifferent success. Great difficulty has been encountered in shipping from this section for any considerable distance any of these fruits in a green state. The problem is rendered particularly difficult and acute because of the very humid climate of this section and the frequent rains during both the cherry and prune harvesting seasons. The Willamette Val- 1 B. Pratt and A. W. McKay, formerly pomologists in fruit handling and storage investigations, and G. M. Darrow and G. W. Dewey, of the Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations, were all actively engaged in the prosecution of these inves- tigations. Note.—This bulletin wil
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