Show Prevent Whiskers on the Strawberry Film Designed to Help in War on Black Mold Prepared by the United States Department ot Agriculture Why Strawberries Grow Whiskers Is the tho title of ot a new United States Department Department De De- of Agriculture film on oa the handling of ot strawberries just completed completed com corn by the time office of motion pictures for the time bureau of plant Industry The Tue fact tact that strawberries do grow whiskers may be new to many runny consumers consumers consumers con con- sumers but It Is 18 old stuff stutT to the strawberry trade Indeed one ono of ot the prime primo objects In the time life ute of ot the tue strawberry strawberry strawberry straw straw- berry shipper Is to prevent preventS the growth of ot whiskers on the strawberries hO Ivo handles Hence this new film film which which Is designed to help the strawberry grower and shipper In their war against black mold the tho fungus which Is responsible for strawberry leak and for Cor the whiskers which signalize I the final stage of this disease The lesson taught by the film may maybe maybe maybe be boiled down Into three very brief admonitions to the grower 1 Handle strawberries carefully 2 Pick early in the day while the berries are cool 3 Refrigerate promptly promptly- after pick- pick Ing iThe i- i The photography emphasizes the fact that Infection from black mold la lJ ladue due largely to bruises and cuts on tho the berry and that subsequent growth of the mold Is 19 much more rapid In warm air than in cold air An Interesting feature of this film Is a time long-time motion picture showing I Ithe the growth of black mold covering a period of twenty-four twenty hours or more In Ina Ina ina a few seconds of projection on the screen Why Strawberries Grow Whiskers is In one reel and will be circulated through the educational film I service of the department and the cooperating cooperating oper co aUng state Institutions Copies may be borrowed for short periods or may be purchased at the laboratory charge A complete list of the departments department's films with Information on the method of ot distributing them Is given In Miscellaneous MIs- MIs cellan ous Circular 27 which may be obtained on application to the department depart depart- ment meat at nt Washington |