Facts For Apple Exporters
T° conti nue exporting apples, exports over the past 22 years has
the U.S. apple industry needs indicated a bleak future for an
ways to package and transport important market. Higher U.S.
apples efficiently so it can offer prices and improved European
high quality fruit at prices that marketing processes are cited as
customers in Europe and other key reasons for this drop. USDA’s
countries are willing to pay. Such Agricultural Research Service
information is presented in a new (ARS) investigated ways to
report by the U.S. Department of package and ship fresh apples to
Agriculture (USDA). Euro pe a t lower costs, or to
A steady decline in U.S. apple improve the fruit’s arrival
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An ARS research team studied
shallow-cup and deep-cup tray
packs, both palletized and non
palletized, and also studied
palletized bin boxes. In addition
to cost studies, the research team
investigated the extent of apple
bruising, damage to boxes and
bins and pilferage of apples when
they were packed.
Golden Delicious, Red
Delicious and Newton apples
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 24,1973
Central 4-H Tractor Club
Observe Demonstrations
The Central 4-H Tractor Club
met during the past three weeks
as part of a series of meetings on
tractor safety and maintenance.
As its third meeting at Landis
Brothers, Darwin Nissley,
president, took charge of the
business meeting. Christ
Brubaker and Richard
Bonholtzer showed a film on
tractors. Reports were given by
were shipped from Oregon to
Sweden and their packaging
preformance was evaluated, as
was the packaging performance
of Golden Delicious Apples
shipped from Virginia to England
and Norway.
No clear-cut decision as to
which method of shipment is best
was obtained in this study. Each
shipment method offers both
advantages over its competitor.
Palletized bins cost less but
suffer greater damage. Deep-cut
trays cost more but protect the
fruit best. Nonpalletized trays
are more pilferable than
palletized trays.
Which method to use depends
on the individual exporter’s
wants and needs of the receiver.
European receivers who
prepackage apples prefer the
palletized bin boxes, while
wholesale receivers prefer the
palletized tray-pack boxes
York Native Joins
Carnation Company
Lawrence E. Gerber, a York
native, recently joined the
Genetics Division of Carnation
Company, Los Angeles, Calif.,
according to Clarke A. Nelson,
vice-president.
Gerber is responsible for
supervising the division semen
laboratory and quality control
He reports to Dr. Harold J. Sch
midt, division manager.
Gerber earned a B S in Dairy
Science at Delaware Valley
College in Doylestown in June,
1970 He matriculated at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg, Virginia where he
received an M S. in Reproductive
Physiology, Department of Dairy
Science, September 1972. His
Master’s Thesis was entitled
“Effects of Seminal Plasma on
Survival of Bovine Spermatozoa
Following Freeze Thawing.”
He is a long time 4-H member,
placing in state-wide com
petitions both in lowa and Penn
sylvania. Memberships include
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the secretary, Steve Margin, and
the treasurer, Dennis Shellen
berger. Refreshments were
served after the meeting.
At the fourth meeting, Darwin
Nissley, president, held the
business part of the meeting.
Dennis Witmer, Pequea RDI,
gave a demonstration on the use
of cleaning fluids and oil, and the
way it is helpful to the engine.
Mrs. Alma Shank demon
strated how to sew on buttons.
Chris Brubaker showed a group
how to put a chain saw together,
and Bonolzer demonstrated the
vicosity of different types of oil.
At the fifth meeting, with
Darwin Nissley holding the
business meeting, secretary
Steve Martin gave a demon
stration on how he expands
metal. Christ Brubaker and
Bonholtzer’s groups combined to
discuss putting together the rest
of the chain saw and look at a
Briggs and Straggon engine.
The next meeting of the Central
4-H Tractor Club is February 27.
Common Cancer
The “cancer nobody talks
about,” bowel cancer, is veiy
common. The Amencan Cancer
Society says that it is highly
curable if diagnosed eaily and
treated promptly.
Lawrence E. Gerber
Delta Tau Alpha (Honorary
Agriculture Fraternity) and
American Dairy Science
Association. He has worked on
dairy farms in the state, besides
officiating at dairy shows in
Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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