UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



In Cooperation with the 



Agricultural Experiment Stations of Massachusetts, New York (Cornell 



University), Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa 



DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1406 



Washington, D. C. ▼ August, 1926 



THE RIPENING, STORAGE, AND HANDLING 

 OF APPLES 



By 



J. R. M AGNESS, Physiologist, H. C. DIEHL, Assistant Physiologist, M. H. HALLER, 



Junior Pomologist, and W. S. GRAHAM, Junior Physiologist, Office of Horticulture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, with the cooperation of D. B. CARRICK, New York 



Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell University, F. S. HOWLETT, 



Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, R. E. MARSHALL, Mich- 



• igan Agricultural Experiment Station, H. H. PLAGGE, Iowa 



Agricultural Experiment Station, and G. J. RALEIGH 



Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station 



CONTENTS 



Page 



I. — Studies of the Ripening of Apples 1 



II. — The Ripening of Apples in Storage as Influenced by Temperature . 25 



III. — The Handling of Apples for Storage 51 



Literature Cited 64 



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