Show 0 if r H aa R LJ G L A N N LOW temperature FOR FRESH FRUIT products keep well only within a limited range prepared by tho the united states state department of agriculture u iture temperature play a most important part in the storage of many fruits that are shipped to market froni from distant areas of production most fruits keep well only within a rather limited range of temperature with meats and dairy products tha important thing Is to keep them cold enough but many fruits are arc injured seriously by a temperature only a few degrees lower than the most favorable temperature for storage the life processes of fruits and vegetables says dr lon A cawkins of the united states department of agriculture in explaining I 1 his flits fact are chemical or physical in nature and are governed by chemical and physical laws according to van hofts law the rate of a chemical reaction Is doubted doubled or trebled for ench each IS 18 degrees fahrenheit rise in temperature the rate at which the life processes of fruits and vegetables proceed in storage increases as temperature rises doctor hawkins illustrates the point by giving experience with bartlett pears As a rule lie he says abl this s fruit will keep twice ns as long nt at 31 degrees as at 30 degrees fahrenheit twice as long at 10 degrees as at 43 degrees and twice as long at this temperature as as at 63 53 degrees in other words it will keep about eight times as long at 31 degrees as at 53 degrees at 65 degrees however the fruit keeps about as long as at 53 degrees decrees dei rees |