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Ga. Marketing Vine-Ripened Georgia Tomatoes * To learn 



(1) costs and margins in moving pink and green-wrap tomatoes 

 from farmer to retail stores; (2) time pink tomatoes will 

 "hold up* in market; (3) loss from deterioration of pink 

 and green-wrap tomatoes in marketing channels; (k) distance 

 from producing area pink tomatoes could be marketed; 

 (5>) response of consumer to such a marketing practice; 

 (6) reaction of producers to selling pink tomatoes and 

 months they could be made available; (7) present and po- 

 tential production areas in State applicable to such a 

 practice; and (8) economic significance of such a marketing 

 practice to farmers of Georgia. 

 Agr. Econ., Hort. 30U 



Hl# Marketing Illinois Peaches * To (1) analyze present 



marketing conditions or Illinois Peaches; and (2) determine 

 problems involved and methods of marketing and quality, 

 especially of mature peaches, through established channels 

 of trade* 



Agr. Econ, 05-31*8 



111, Quality Relationships in Marketing Fresh Tomatoes * 



To learn (l) how quality of tomatoes grown in this region is 

 influenced by harvesting and handling practices; (2) if yield- 

 grade-quality relation and cost of marketing practices justify 

 commercial production for fresh market in North Central Region. 

 Phase II. To (1) learn quality of tomatoes offered for sale 

 in markets of North Central States during season they are 

 marketed from this area; (2) obtain data on price differentials 

 as influenced by quality and supply interaction; and (3) learn 

 handler preference and objective survey of tomato quality 

 factors. 



Hort. 6£-333 (NCM-2U) 



