Mold Yeast and in Per No. Times Bacteria Spores Per Cent of No. Shaken. Per c.c. 1-60 c.c. Fields. 1 10 31,020,000 22 80 2 50 50,040,000 42 76 3 100 84,730,000 106 92 4 200 116,640,000 116 100 In line with this are the results obtained before and after shipping long distances. When the goods have been handled roughly during shipping the count is much higher. The length of time elapsing after manufacture until the counting is done also has an effect. Pulp put up in the fall will show one count and the same pulp the following season a different count. This difference is not due to any multiplication during storage, but to the fact that the organisms separate from the tissues more readily. The difference made in the counting from this treatment is not as marked as that produced by the other factors already treated, but is sufficient to cause a change in the count. It is known that the surface of plants is covered by a variety of bacteria and other fungi that remain dormant under unfavorable conditions, but that these become active when the food which is invariably present is rendered available by access of moisture, either dew or rain, or the rupture of the host, etc. These will vary in numbers with the season, wet or dry, hot or cold, in different sections of the country, and, in the case of the tomato, with the variety of the fruit; whether perfectly smooth or with a slight bloom; whether irregular or regular in shape; and whether slightly green with a firm skin or fully ripe. These are all factors that have an influence and should not be overlooked. Some packers have already learned that by packing tomatoes which are colored, but not really ripe, that the count will be lower, and as such a practice extends, it means the use of poorer material instead of that which is properly developed and with the normal flavor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ● Transcriber’s Notes: ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected. ○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book. ○ Text in bold is enclosed by “equal” signs (=bold=). End of Project Gutenberg's Ketchup, by A. W. Bitting and K. G. Bitting