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growers and offered a marketing service. This method of storage is used very 

 little today. It had a number of disadvantages: other kinds of produce were 

 often stored with the apples, sometimes giving an off flavor to the apples. The 

 fruit had to be graded and packed before it x«s sent to storage and there was 

 little opportunity to repack if spoilage occurred. Circulation of the air was 

 often unsatisfactory in these large storages resulting in either too high or too 

 low temperatures and usually too low humidity for proper storage of apples. Today 

 there are forty-four on-the-farm cold storages for apples in New Hampshire with 

 a total capacity of 700,000 bushels. This trend to on-the-farm storages helped 

 greatly to supply a much better grade of fruit for the market. 



The controlled atmosphere refrigerated storage is further progress in 

 helping to maintain a better quality Mcintosh over a six to eight months marketing 

 period. Six of the seven controlled storages that we have in New Hampshire were 

 built in 1957. The total capacity of this new kind of storage is 70,000 bushels. 



A Look at the Future 



Changes in the apple industry in New Hampshire in the next 30 years can 

 be just as spectacular as they were in the past 30 years. 



Some of the changes that could easily come true are: 



Introduction of varieties more resistant to disease and insect attack, 

 and firm enough to permit the use of grading and packing equipment and with long 

 stems so picking can be done with harvesting equipment. 



Automatic equipment (electric eyes) that will grade fruit for color 

 and blemishes. 



Artificial pollination making it possible to regulate size of crop 

 without thinning. 



/ Chemicals that will promote the red color of apples when applied as 

 sprays without causing premature ripening. 



Controlled atmosphere storages in which the concentrations of the 

 gases will be controlled automatically. 



New apple products and by products. VJe will likely be drinking more 

 of our apples. 



Atomic energy to reduce damage from frosts. 



Systemic materials that can be applied to the soil or injected into the 

 tree for pest control. 



Light or sound waves to control insects. 



Increase use of air craft for applying pesticides. 



