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perature, storage atmosphere and relative humidity in the storage also are important.

The rerigerating capacity of Virginia plants is enough to allow proper cooling of the average daily picking during a 14-day harvesting period. However, the survey shows that on peak harvest days the loading may be \Vi to 2 times this average.

Limited observations in one,, plant during the winter of 194849^ were reported in which fruit in a top basket in the storage in the direct ^fclast of the air supply cooled to 31-degrees >F. in 4Vfe days, while another basket in a back corner at the bottom required 91 days to be "cooled to 32-degrees with an air temperature averaging about 28. Records being taken this season are following somewhat the same pattern. They indicate a lack of uniformity in cooling.

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