Show strawberry crop Is put in cold storage berries be aries are like fresh ones from field when used Fro Pro by tho the united states department of I arr culture more than barrels of strawberries were packed by the cold pack or frozen pack method in 1928 according to george II AL darrow sent senior or ot of the united states be department part ment of agriculture tills this amount Is s the equivalent of to carloads of fresh berries in ID he says Haf handling idling strawberries in this way Is the outstanding development of tte industry in recent years mr darrow says ays the fresh berries are packed in 50 gallon barrels usually with one part sugar to two or three parts parta berries and placed in storage at a temperature below freezing packed in this way they are like fresh berries when ready for use preserves have found that a better preserve can be made from cold packed berries than from berries fresh from the beld field also because preserved berries deteriorate teri ter orate after a time cold packing and storage offer a remedy for this difficulty by making it possible to put up preserves pre sorves as they are needed furthermore ther more the preserves can utilize their preserving plant the year through instead of for a brief period of a few weeks at the strawberry season A still newer development mr darrow says Is the cold packing and tor stor age of both strawberries and rles ries in small containers for home use several million packages were handled by the cold pack method this year |