The afternoon vras devoted to a tour of the Experiment Station plantations 

 during which we were shown thousands of seedlings and named varieties of various 

 fruits covering an area of five hundred acres. 



0. C. Roberts 



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THE PRESENT STATUS OF COIITROLLED ATtiiOSPIIERE STORAGE 



As most of you are aiTare, the growth of controlled-atmosphere (C.A.) storage 

 has been quite rapid since 19^0, In a recent report written by D, G. Dalrymple, 

 Cornell University, on Marketing Controlled Atmoshpere Apples, he notes that comm- 

 ercial G, A. storage capacity has increased so rapidly that present capacity is 

 roughly 10 times v/hat it was in 1900 , In New York State there is sufficient C, A, 

 storage capacity to hold approximately 10^ of that state's Mcintosh production. 



In Massachusetts the growth of C. A. storage has been sufficient during the 

 past five years so that New York represents the only state with greater capacity 

 in this type of storage than we have now. This fall the number of G. A, rooms 

 in Massachusetts is 13 with capacity for approximately 110,000 to 11^,000 bushels. 

 Good apples from our C. A, storages have generally been well received and have 

 been sold at premium prices. The rapid growth in C, A, storage capacity virould not 

 have occurred if this were not so* 



So far, the vast majority of the fruit stored in such rooms has been Mcintosh, 

 However, about 75,000 bushels of Red Delicious are being held in a few rooms in 

 New York. Also, smaller amounts of Rome and Golden Delicious have been stored in 

 this fashion. 



Michigan, which represents the other important Mcintosh area in this country, 

 will have several rooms operating this fall. Also, a few such Mcintosh rooms are 

 operating in Canada, It may be expected that since a fairly large number of comm- 

 ercially important apple varieties respond favorably to C. A, storage, other sections 

 of this country will eventually get into this type of storage. Important Red 

 Delicious producing areas in the Shenandoah-Cumberland region and in Washington 

 State may eventually build C. A. rooms for this variety. In California one baby 

 food processor is much interested in C. A, storage for Yellow Neidrtowns so that this 

 variety can be handled by their processing plants throughout the year, 



^F. W. SouthiTick 



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APPLE SORTERS' MANUAL 



Do you have a copy of the Apple Sorters' Manual in your packing shed? It is a 

 useful aid in training or re-training personnel for grading apples for it gives 

 interpretations based upon United States Grades for Apples, Copies of the Apple 

 Sorters' Manual can be obtained through your County Extension Service or the 

 Pomology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. 



Editor 



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