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Table 7
Storage requirements and properties of perishable products
Commodity
(Alphabetical Listing)
Apples
Apricots
Artichokes (Globe)
Asparagus
Avocados
Bananas
Beans (Green or Snap)
Lima
Beer, Keg
Bottles, Cans
Beets, Topped
Blackberries
Blueberries
Bread, Baked
Dough
Broccoli, Sprouting
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots, Topped, Mature
Cauliflower
Celery
Cherries, Sour
Sweet
Chocolate (Coating)
Cocoa
Coconut
Coffee (Green)
Collards
Corn, Sweet (Fresh)
Cranberries
Cucumbers
Currants
Daily Products
Cheddar Cheese
Processed Cheese
Butter
Cream
Ice Cream
Milk, Fluid Whole
Pasteurized, Grade A
Condensed Sweet
Evaporated
Dates (Dried)
Dewberries
Dried Fruits
Eggplant
Egg, Shell
Shell, Farm Cooler
Frozen, Whole
Endive (Escarole)
Figs, Dried
Fresh
Fish, Fresh
Haddock, Cod
Salmon
Smoked
Shellfish, Fresh
Tuna
Furs and Fabric
Garlic, Dry
Gooseberries
Grapefruit
Grapes, American Type
European Type
Greens, Leafy
Guavas
Honey
Horseradish
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks, Green
Lemons
Lettuce Head
Limes 48 - 50
* Not based on maintaining nutritional value.
Storage Conditions
Storage
Relative
Approximate
Temp.
Humidity
Storage
ºF.
%
Life*
30 - 40
90
3 -8 months
31 - 32
90
1 - 2 weeks
31 - 32
95
2 weeks
32 - 36
95
2 -3 weeks
45 - 55
85 - 90
2 -4 weeks
55 - 65
85 - 90
40 - 45
90 - 95
7 - 10 days
32 - 40
90
1 week
35 - 40
—
3 - 8 weeks
35 - 40
65 or below
3 - 6 months
32
95 - 100
4 - 6 months
31 - 32
95
3 days
31 - 32
90 - 95
2 weeks
—
—
1 - 3 months
35 - 40
85 - 90
3 - 72 hours
32
95
10 - 14 days
32
95
3 - 5 weeks
32
95 - 100
3 - 4 months
32
98 - 100
5 - 9 months
32
95
2 - 4 weeks
32
95
1 - 2 months
31 - 32
90 - 95
3 - 7 days
30 - 31
90 - 95
2 - 3 weeks
50 - 65
40 - 50
2 - 3 months
32 - 40
50 - 70
1 year, plus
32 - 45
80 - 85
1 - 2 months
35 - 37
80 - 85
2 - 4 months
32
95
10 - 14 days
32
95
4 - 8 days
36 - 40
90 - 95
2 - 4 months
50 - 55
90 - 95
10 - 14 days
31 - 32
90 - 95
10 - 14 days
40
65 - 70
6 months
40
65 - 70
12 months
40
75 - 85
1 months
35 - 40
—
2 - 3 weeks
-20 to -15
—
3 - 12 months
32 - 34
—
2 - 4 months
40
—
15 months
40
—
24 months
0 or 32
75 or less
6 - 12 months
31 - 32
90 - 95
3 days
32
50 - 60
9 - 12 months
45 - 50
90 - 95
7 - 10 days
29 - 31
80 - 85
5 - 6 months
50 - 55
70 - 75
2 - 3 weeks
0 or below
—
1 year, plus
32
95
2 - 3 weeks
32 - 40
50 - 60
9 - 12 months
31 - 32
85 - 90
7 - 10 says
30 - 35
90 - 95
5 - 15 days
30 - 35
90 - 95
15 days
30 - 35
90 - 95
15 days
40 - 50
50 - 60
6 - 8 months
30 - 33
86 - 95
3 - 7 days
30 - 35
90 - 95
15 days
34 - 40
45 - 55
several years
32
65 - 70
6 - 7 months
31 - 32
90 - 95
2 - 4 weeks
50 - 60
85 - 90
4 - 6 weeks
31 - 32
85 - 90
2 - 8 weeks
30 - 31
90 - 95
3 - 6 months
32
95
10 - 14 days
45 - 50
90
2 - 3 weeks
38 - 50
50 - 60
1 year, plus
30 - 32
95 - 100
10 - 12 months
32
95
3 - 4 months
32
95
2 - 4 weeks
32
95
1 - 3 months
32 or 50 - 58
85 - 90
1 - 6 months
32 - 34
95 - 100
2 - 3 weeks
85 - 90
6 - 8 weeks
29.1
Specific
Highest
Heat
Freezing
Above
Point
Freezing
ºF.
BTU/lb./F
29.3
0.87
30.1
0.88
29.9
0.87
30.9
0.94
31.5
0.72
—
30.6
0.80
30.7
0.91
31.0
0.73
28.0
0.92
28.0
0.92
30.1
0.90
30.5
0.88
29.7
0.86
16 to 20
0.70
—
0.75
29.0
0.92
30.5
0.88
30.4
0.94
29.5
0.90
29.0
0.93
31.1
0.95
29.0
0.87
28.8
0.84
95 - 85
0.55
—
—
30.4
0.58
—
0.30
30.6
0.90
30.9
0.79
30.4
0.90
31.1
0.97
30.2
0.88
8.0
0.50
19.0
0.50
-4 to 31
0.50
31.0
0.66 - 0.80
21.0
0.66 - 0.70
31.0
0.93
5.0
0.42
29.5
0.79
3.7
0.36
27.0
0.88
—
0.31 - 0.41
30.6
0.94
28.0
0.73
28.0
0.73
28.0
0.73
31.9
0.94
—
0.39
27.6
0.82
28.0
0.70 - 0.86
28
0.82
28
0.71
—
0.70
28.0
0.83 - 0.90
28.0
0.76
—
—
30.5
0.69
30.0
0.90
30.0
0.91
29.7
0.86
28.1
0.86
30.0
0.91
—
0.86
—
0.35
28.7
0.78
31.1
0.89
30.2
0.92
30.7
0.88
29.4
0.91
31.7
0.96
0.89
0.46
Reprinted by permission from 1974 ASHRAE Applications Handbook.
Specific
Latent
Product
Heat
Heat
Loading
Below
of
Density
Freezing
Fusion
Approx.
BTU/lb./F
BTU/lb.
lb./Cu. Ft.
0.45
121
28
0.46
122
30
0.45
120
—
0.48
134
25
0.40
94
19
0.42
108
—
0.47
128
14
0.40
94
—
—
129
—
—
129
—
0.46
126
23
0.46
122
19
0.45
118
19
0.34
46 - 53
—
—
—
—
0.47
130
13
0.46
122
—
0.47
132
17
0.46
126
22
0.47
132
16
0.48
135
30
—
120
18
—
—
—
0.30
40
—
—
—
—
0.34
67
—
0.24
147 - 21
—
—
—
—
0.42
106
16
0.46
124
22
0.49
137
20
0.45
120
—
0.31
53
40
0.31
56
40
0.25
23
—
0.36 - 0.42
79 - 107
—
0.37 - 0.39
86
25
0.46
125
—
0.28
40
—
0.42
106
—
0.26
29
24
—
—
—
0.26
20 - 37
45
0.48
132
—
0.40
96
19
0.40
96
19
0.42
106
41
0.48
132
—
0.27
34
45
0.43
112
21
0.38 - 0.45
89 - 112
—
0.43
112
35
0.39
92
33
0.39
92
—
0.44 - 0.46
113 - 125
—
0.41
100
35
—
—
—
0.40
89
—
0.46
126
19
0.46
126
30
0.44
116
29
0.44
116
29
0.48
136
32
—
—
—
0.26
26
—
0.42
104
—
0.46
124
—
0.47
128
—
0.46
126
—
0.46
127
33
0.48
136
25
122
32
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