Table 2. The influence of delayed storage on the percentage of total scald 

 on cold and CA stored Mcintosh and Cortland. 1959-60. 



Hours elapsed Per cent scald 



Storage between harvest Picking After 7 days at room temp . 



Conditions and storage Date Mcintosh^ Cortland'^ 



32-360F in air 6 9/2A 46.5 100.0 



24 9/24 52.1 100.0 

 36 9/24 



48 9/24 43.5 100.0 



72 9/24 53.8 100.0 



CA-380F 6 9/24 0.0 19.7 



3Z 02/5% CO2 24 9/24 2.2 27.0 



36 9/24 ' " 



48 9/24 15.9 43.8 



72 9/24 21.3 54.1 



^Removed frorn storage in April, 19&0. 



iletnoved frorn storage in March, 1960. 



It is our present suggestion that for those storing CA Mcintosh that fruit 

 be picked for such storages when its flesh firmness ranges from 15 to 17 pounds. 

 This new standard is a pound higher than the firmness standard suggested a few 

 years ago. This may mean that in order to have adequate color spot picking of 

 Mcintosh for CA storage will have to become more prevalent. Also, fruit should 

 move rapidly from the orchard to storage so that the time lapse between harvest 

 does not exceed 24 hours. This is a problem where fruit must be trucked to a 

 storage some miles away and undoubtedly accounts for more serious scald on some 

 of such lots of fruit in CA storage. 



If it is difficult to cool fruit rapidly in storage it is probably better 

 to delay sealing the room, if the temperature is at 38 to 40°F, until the tem- 

 perature of the fruit has been brought down to 32 to 35'^F. This may mean a de- 

 lay in sealing of several days but we suspect that less scald is apt to occur 

 and fruit condition will not be impaired by such a procedure. A faster rate of 

 fruit cooling may be obtained for those who have more than one CA room and sepa- 

 rate compressors for each room, if all rooms are filled simultaneously rather than 

 to fully load each room in sequence. 



F. W. Southwick 



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APPLK PUBl.ICITY 



The best apple publicity event of the year (1959) v/as the featuring of apples 

 by the Rockingham Hotel in Portsmouth, Hew Hampshire at their Saturday evening 

 smorgasbord during National Apple V/eek. Apple display material decorated the 

 dining room, apple cut outs were used au place mats and Mcintosh apples were used 

 as part of the table decorations. 



