Cold storage of guavas.

The guava (Psidium guajava) is a major
fruit of India. In 1948-49, the area under
,guavas was 1,07,251 acres (Lal, Tandan,
and Pruthi, 1952). Uttar Pradesh, with an
area of nearly 70,000 acres (Prasad, Mehta
and Lal, 1953), is by far the most important
guava-producing state in India. Allahabad
has the reputation of producing the best
guavas in the country (Hayes, 1945).
Hawaiian-grown fruits of the strawberry
guava (Psidiwn cattleiallwn), picked almost
ripe, and stored at 32' F and 36"F, shrivelled
and decayed in the course of one month
(Wilcox and Hunn, 1914). According to
Wardlaw (1937), considerably higher temperatures
are considered necessary for the
storage of this fruit.
During the course of this investigation
an attemp! has been made to d'clerminc the
optimum cold storage conditions for guaws
grown in the Mysore State.