ventio 

 bushel 

 cubi c 

 the pa 

 left b 

 Otherw 

 a 1 y s i s 

 of i n d 

 them a 

 labor 

 pal 1 et 



Expense : They would seem to be more 

 nal CA storage. We estimated an annual 



for just providing the CA conditions, 

 foot of refrigerated ^^°^^9^ space would 

 llet covers since so much space is waste 

 etween the pallets so that periodic gas 

 ise each pallet must be piped to a centr 

 While the recommendations call for on 

 ividual pallets, it would seem necessary 

 t least early in the season to find the 

 and time are involved in removing or add 



if the atmosphere is not correct. 



expensive than con- 

 cost of 18 cents per 

 The actual cost per 



be much higher for 

 d. Walk space is 

 analysis can be made 

 al point for gas an- 

 ly periodic analysis 



to analyze all of 

 "leakers." Extra 

 ing fruit to a given 



Limited applicabi 



technique works well at SZ^'F 



ff 



u^ 



cedure for Golden Delicious, 

 other varieties in CA storage. 



is not at all clear that this 

 would exclude use of this pro- 

 Delicious, Rome Beauty, Jonathan and 



It 

 This 



ommended 

 fore selling 



Odor ; There is a strong odor in 

 by the inventors that the apples 

 them. 



the membranes. It is rec- 

 be aired out 3-4 days be- 



Literature Cited 



Marcellin, P. and J. Letei nturier . 1967. Premieres applica- 

 tions i ndustriel 1 es des membranes de caoutchouc de silicone a 

 1 ' entreposage des pommes en atmosphere controlee. Congress 

 Int. Froid Madrid 5.16 1-0. 



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APPLE HARVESTING AND 

 PROCEEDINGS 



STORAGE SYMPOSIUM 

 AVAILABLE 



In March of 1968, the Agricultural Engineering and Plant and 

 Soil Sciences Departments of the University of Massachusetts joint- 

 ly sponsored a two-day New England Apple Harvesting and Storage 

 Symposium. The Proceedings of that Symposium have been delayed in 

 publishing, but are now available 



Specific topics include modifying trees for mechanical harvest- 

 ing; mechanical harvesting from standard trees; functional descrip- 



