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Excerpt from Instructions for Forecasting Decay in Table Grapes for Storage Decay in stored table grapes could be reduced ii, at harvest or shortly thereafter, the shipper could estimate the amount of decay that would develop in specific lots of fruit during storage. Such an estimate or forecast would enable him to arrange and identify his lots in storage in a way that would permit the marketing of poor keeping lots early and the retention of only sound, decay-free fruit for late marketing. The storability of a particular lot of fruit may be judged from a history of fruit harvested in past years from the same vineyard, on the general appearance of the fruit at harvest, on the weather to which the fruit had been exposed before harvest, or on periodic inspections made during the storage period. A rating based on all but the last of these factors requires much experience and reliable storage records over a period of years. Such records may not be available in a new storage plant, in one in which the personnel are new, or in one storing fruit that may come from a different source each year. Neither can factors related to the effect of exposure to weather before harvest always be accurately evaluated. Heavy rains of long duration have a decisive effect on decay, but the effects of light rains of short duration, morning dews, and heavy fogs are more difficult to determine. Forecasting decay in grapes for storage, using laboratory techniques, is a way of supplementing the available information about a particular lot of fruit and of arriving at a more objective prediction of its keeping quality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.