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(1) Is the cooling capacity adequate to handle the Delicious 

 apple crop? 



(2) Is the space adequate for placing a normal crop in cold 

 storage as fast as it can be hauled from the orchard? 



(3) Are the facilities well distributed among the shipping and 

 producing areas? 



CAPACITY ADEQUATE FOR DELICIOUS APPLE CROP 



The overall picture of cooling capacity for Delicious apple production 

 is favorable^ If it is assumed that no other commodities will be in the 

 storages, capacity now exists to cool the entire Delicious crop in 13o5 days. 

 In a report published by Hukill and Smith in 1942, it was suggested that the 

 Delicious apple crop should be harvested in 15 days., j_/ If picking started 

 at about the same time throughout a producing district and the fruit was 

 promptly hauled to the warehouse and cooled, a capacity capable of cooling the 

 Delicious apple crop in 15 days would be requiredc In certain of the shipping 

 areas such as the Monitor, Cashmere, Dryden area, the Chelan, Azwell, Manson 

 area, and the Brewster, Pateros, Methow Valley area, differences in elevation 

 and climatic conditions within the area tend to spread out the picking season, 

 giving some leeway in the 15-day figure. 



CAPACITY IN INDIVIDUAL AREAS 



Examination of the cooling capacity for all apples for individual areas 

 shows that growers in the Oroville, Ellisford, Tonasket area might need to 

 seek space outside the area to store some of their crop„ This need exists in 

 spite of a more than threefold increase in cooling capacity in the area during 

 the period studiedo Production in this area has almost doubled sinc^ 1941, 

 whereas other areas have shown little increase and in some cases production 

 has decreased. The figures indicated that growers in the Chelan, Azwell, 

 Manson area also might need to seek space outside their area. 



Adequacy of Available Space 



The answer to the second question, regarding adequacy of available space, 

 involves a number of assumptions. At the time when space is most needed, 

 i.e., at the end of harvest, a number of things have been happening that 

 affect the total amount of fruit to be stored. 



\J Hukill, W, Vo and Smith, Edwin. Apple Storage in the Wenatchee- 

 Okanogan Valley. USDA, Bur. Agr. Chem. and Eng., ACE 182 mimeo. 1942. 



