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POMOLOGICAL PARAGRAPH 



Revision of Storage Handbook 



William J. Bramlage 



Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



University of Massachusetts 



The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published a revision of its 

 Agriculture Handbook Number 66, "The Commercial Storage of Fruits, 

 Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stock." 



The handbook discusses factors that can significantly affect quality 

 maintenance during storage, and is a wealth of specific information about the 

 postharvest needs and problems of many horticultural crops. Anyone working 

 with storage of horticultural crops should have this publication for quick 

 reference to needs for storing these crops. 



Agriculture Handbook Number 66 can be purchased from the Superintendent 

 of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The stock 

 number is 001-000-04478-8, and the price is $6.00. 



POMOLOGICAL PARAGRAPH 



Public Opinion About Alar 

 International Apple Institute 



Are consumers concerned about apples? Not really, according to a 

 national study conducted by Opinion Research Corporation, a San Francisco 

 based market research firm. The study, conducted in July 1986, reports that 

 only an estimated nine percent of the population is even aware of any publicity 

 or news stories of health concerns about apples. 



A surprising number of respondents to the study replied that the news 

 they heard about apples was good. In addition, many other respondents who 

 remember recently hearing something about apples in the news could not even 

 recall whether it was positive or negative. 



Consequently, the overwhelming majority of consumers are not concerned 

 with apples and therefore, we hope retailers are not worried. 



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