Factors governing the successful shipment of oranges from Florida . in the commercialshipments from 12 housesusing care and from a likenumber of houses in whichthe work was roughly both seasons thepercentage of decay in thecommercial fruit shippedby the houses using carewas almost as low as theaverage for any of the care-fully handled lots, picked,graded, and packed by bu-reau workers. The prac-ticability of conductingcommercial operations with sufficient care to eliminate decay is thus plainly demon-strated. The results of the two series of shipments present a striking and consist
Factors governing the successful shipment of oranges from Florida . in the commercialshipments from 12 housesusing care and from a likenumber of houses in whichthe work was roughly both seasons thepercentage of decay in thecommercial fruit shippedby the houses using carewas almost as low as theaverage for any of the care-fully handled lots, picked,graded, and packed by bu-reau workers. The prac-ticability of conductingcommercial operations with sufficient care to eliminate decay is thus plainly demon-strated. The results of the two series of shipments present a striking and consistentcontrast throughout both seasons. The averages of the carelessly handled commerciallots were somewhat lower during 1911-12 than they were in 1910-11, but the proportionof decayed fruit on arrival ( per cent) is still too high for good commercial results. Table XVII.—Blue-mold decay of oranges on arrival in Washington and after holdingfor three weeks, in shipments showing high and low blue-mold decay in careful and incommercial pack, 1910-11 and Fig. 19.—Diagram illustrating the percentage of blue-mold decay oforanges in immediate and delayed shipments from one house, onarrival in Washington and after holding for three weeks during aperiod of high decay, December, 1911. Year. Inspection. 12 shipments show-ing low decay. 12 shipments show-ing high decay. Careful. Commer-cial. Careful. Commer-cial. On arrival Per cent. Per . . Per Per After 1 week After 2 weeks After 3 weeks On arrival After 1 week After 2 weeks After 3 weeks 38 BULLETIN 63, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table XVIII and figure 21 give the average percentages of decay of oranges fromtwo packing houses in the same locality working on practically the same kind of type of work in house No. 1 was good, but that in house No. 2 was rather
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