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capacity of all plants (11,125,000 bushels) was divided among these 3 regions 

 as follows: Eastern, k8 percent; Western 3^ percent; and Central, 18 percent. 

 Capacity per plant in the Western States (77>6l2 "bushels) was more than twice 

 that in each of the other 2 regions. Among States, New York, Washington, and 

 Michigan (in that order) led in capacity (table 2). 



The quantities of apples in storage --CA, regular, and total --by months, 

 1963-65, are shown in table 3* Total U. S. stocks build up rapidly during late 

 summer and early fall when harvesting is most active, reach a peak usually by 

 the end of October, then decline over the rest of the marketing season ending 

 the following midyear. 



Total apples handled by apple houses in a season is greater than the top 

 volume reported at the end of October. During harvest, apples move out of, as 

 veil as into, apple houses. This applies particularly to regular cold storage 

 operations, because apples sealed in CA rooms usually are held a minimum of 

 90 days to qualify for CA sales. This time period accounts mainly for the small 

 increase in CA stocks at the end of November and the slight change over the 

 next few months. Meanwhile, apples from regular storage account for most of 

 the sales. Stocks of apples in the 2 types of storage at the end of each month 

 of the 196^-65 season are shown in the cover chart. 



Of total stocks of apples in cold storage at the end of October 196k, 

 apples in CA rooms comprised about 21 percent and those in regular storage the 

 other 79 percent. By the end of March, when CA rooms were opened in increasing 

 numbers, CA apples constituted about half of total stocks, because of the large 

 reductions in regular storage over the preceding months. Movement and stocks 

 of both types of apples followed similar pathways over the next few months. 



Total cold storage stocks of apples on October 31> 19^5^ were approxi- 

 mately 56 million bushels, about 1 percent larger than a year earlier. CA 

 stocks again comprised about 21 percent of the total. For the entire 1965-66 

 season, the pattern of stocks probably will fairly closely match that of 196^-65. 



State Regulation of 

 CA Apple Storage 



State storage regulations for CA apples are in force in at least 12 

 States: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania, Virginia, Michigan, Washington, Idaho, and California. For CA- 

 stored apples to be certified for marketing as "CA apples", all 12 States except 

 Michigan require that the oxygen in the storage rooms be reduced to a maximum 

 of 5 percent within 20 days after the rooms are sealed. In Michigan, the period 

 is 30 days. Moreover, all 12 States require that most varieties of apples be 

 kept a minimum of 90 days with the oxygen level no higher than 5 percent. 

 Michigan, New Jersey, and Virginia allow a minimum of 60 days for Jonathans. 



All 12 States require that daily records be kept of temperature and of 

 oxygen and carbon dioxide percentages. They also require annual registration 

 or licensing of storage facilities, and registration or license number stamped 



