mailing list. 



"If you have never seen our packinghouse you should do so. We are open seven 

 days a week during the apple season. 



"Our packinghouse and salesroom have: Toilets, lavatory, freshly picked and 

 graded apples In all quantities and prices, cider, honey, preserves, soft drinks, 

 gifts. 



"Plense leave all rubbish In our trash barrels at the gates. We take pride 

 in our orchard and want to keep it clean. 



"Good Luck" 



There are always one or two persons who try to get by without paying for some 

 of the fruit. Inspection of the car trunks Is a necessity In all fruit operations 

 allowing the public to pick their own fruit. 



Summar 



The "pick-your-own" method of harvest has many headaches and requires super- 

 vision. However, it is worth serious consideration in some orchard operations. 

 Naturally, this system of harvest is harder to manage in orchards than in 

 plantings of small fruit. Also, the accident hazard is greater. It was only a 

 few years ago, however, that the growers of small fruit were against the idea. 

 Pick-your-own has kept a number of small fruit growers in business, particularly 

 from the standpoint of solving the problem of harvest labor. 



William J. Lord 



I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 



THE EFFECT OF CA STORAGE ON THE DISAPP E ARANCE OF 

 WATER CORE AND THE APPEARANCE OF INT KR NAL BREAKDOWN 



There Is considerable interest In storing varieties other than Mcintosh in 

 CA storage. However, less is known about the response of these other varieties 

 to this type of storage, one of these being the effect of CA on the disappearance 

 of water core and the appearance of internal breakdown. 



To study the effect of CA on the disappearance of water core and the appear- 

 ance of internal breakdown, fruit samples were obtained from selected Starking 

 and Rlchared Delicious trees on three dates during the harvest season. On each 

 harvest date, a random sample of one bushel of Starking and Rlchared Delicious 

 was Immediately examined for water core. The amount of water core present was 

 classified as slight (less than 30 per cent), medium (30 to 50 per cent), and 

 heavy (more than 50 per cent of the cross-sectional area affected), it can be 

 noted in Table 1 that the amount and severity of water core increased with delay 

 in picking date and that on October 24 more of this disorder was present in 

 Rlchared than in Starking apples. Also, on October 25, five bushels of Rlchared 

 apples were harvested from two trees in another block. The amount of water core 

 preaent in one bushel of these apples is shown In Table 1. 



