SUMMARY— 40 lots of strawberries, consisting of 13 different selections and 5 varieties, were packed as frozen, sliced, sugared (4:1) fruit. Total anthocyanin content, the relative amounts of pelargonidin‐3‐glucoside and cyanidin‐3‐glucoside, ascorbic acid, pH, total acidity, soluble solids and Gardner L, a, b. determinations were made. After 9 months of storage, panel evaluation of the color quality and Gardner L, a and b determinations were taken. Results of correlation analyses indicated that pH was the only objective measurement having a high correlation with color quality. Neither ascorbic acid, total acidity nor soluble solids had significant correlations with color quality. From regression equation values, it was calculated that berries should have a pH of 3.51 or lower to have acceptable color after freezing. Anthocyanin content should be in the approximate range 450–700 μg/g to have acceptable color quality.

Soluble sugar composition of the corn kernel in a shrunken (high sugar) variety, ‘Xtra Sweet 77′, and a normal sweet variety, ‘Jubilee’ was determined after freezing a corn‐on‐cob product at two levels of commercial harvest maturity by HPLC and enzymic methods of analysis. Sucrose, glucose and fructose were found in measurable amounts by both methods. The less mature sample of either variety contained the higher level of each sugar, at a sucrose:glucose:fructose ratio of approximately 15:1:1 in ‘Jubilee’ and 20:1:1 in ‘Xtra Sweet 77′. Sensory evaluation showed ‘Xtra Sweet 77’ which contained nearly twice the total sugars of ‘Jubilee’ to be sweeter. Sweetness differences between maturity samples within a variety were not significant, nor was there a consistent preference shown for the higher sweetness or overall quality of the ‘Xtra Sweet 77’ samples. Sensory perception of sweetness was most highly correlated with sucrose content.

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Yields of snap bean pods were increased by irrigation and plant density in 4 field experiments. Highest yields were obtained with the −0.6 bar soil water potential regime which represented removal of 40-45 percent of the available soil water at 30 cm depth. Yields were lowest with the −2.5 bars soil water potential which represented 65-70 percent water removal. An average of 60 percent more water applied to the −0.6 bar than the −2.5 bars treatment increased yields approximately 54 percent. Yields were usually intermediate with the −1.0 bar soil water potential representing 50-55 percent available soil water removal. Two cultivars were used in 2 of the experiments and responded differently to irrigation. Yield of ‘Oregon 1604’ was higher than that of ‘Galamor’ with −0.6 bar soil water potential but was lower than ‘Galamor’ with −2.5 bars. Yield of ‘Oregon 1604’ averaged 27 percent higher in square arrangement than in 91 cm rows and the increase was greater for the high than for the low population density when compared in 1 experiment. Yield was 20 percent higher for high density of 43.0 plants/m2 than for low density of 21.5 plants/m2. Yields of 2 cultivars in 2 experiments averaged 67 percent higher in high density (40-57 plants/m2) than in low density (20-33 plants/m2) plantings. There were no consistent irrigation × density interactions. Usually there was a more rapid depletion of soil water for high density than for low density. Fiber in canned sieve size 5 pods was higher in ‘Oregon 1604’ at −2.5 bars soil water potential than for ‘Galamor’, but at the −0.6 bar soil water potential regime, the amount of fiber was similar in the 2 cultivars. Percent of pod weight attributed to seed and percent fiber were usually highest at −2.5 soil water potential.