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— Local ap
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Box 74
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companies recently par
ticipated in the United States
Department of Agriculture’s
Child Nutrition
and Elderly Feeding Pro
grams supplying fresh 1979
apples throughout Penn
sylvania and several
neighboring states.
USDA purchased approx
imately 382,500 cartons of
apples at 40 pounds net per
carton, a total of 15,339,000
pounds, for distribution
throughout the United
States.
Rice Fruit Company of
Gardners, Adams County
was one of the state’s com
panies which received a
large portion of the USDA
contract. The apples were to
be grown in the United
States and bids could be
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For Further Information Call
717-464-2631
or Write:
2114 Hollinger Rd.,
Lancaster, PA 17602
apple growers help USDA program
received from growers,
cooperative associations, or
growers’ authorized agents.
Rice Fruit Company con
tracted for 77,400 cases
which included Rome Beau
ty, Stayman, Delicious and
York Imperial apples.
Another Pennsylvania com
pany, Mountain Orchard
Cooperative, Inc. of Aspers,
Adams County, contracted
for 3600 cartons.
The apples were shipped
between November 16 and
January 31, 1980, with most
of the Pennsylvania con
tracted apples shipped to
cities in Pennsylvania. A few
shipments were sent as far
away as Florida,
Massachusetts, Texas and
Illinois.
Special standards, United
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States Condition Standards,
were employed for this
special program. Any loads
of apples packed for the pro
gram were limited to five
percent ripe apples, a max
imum of two percent scald
and decay and the apples
were required to grade a
minimum of U.S. number
one. Federal Inspectors
were on hand at the packing
sites to insure quality con
trol.
At Rice Fruit Company,
thousands of apples enter the
plant facilities, traveling
through large troughs of
water, to prevent bruising
and to remove dirt and dust.
Two dozen sorters pick out
the defective apples which
may show damage on the
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outside due t) bail, bruises,
scars or insect damage.
The then sorted
into four colors and twelve
different weights in a Elec
tronic Pre-sorter, unique to
the East Coast, As they are
electronically sorted, the ap
ples drop into 12 different
flumes (water alleys ways)
according to the apples’
classification.
When each flume is filled,
the apples are crated and
dipped in “stop scald,”
which prevents storage
scald (the discoloration of
skin from light to dark,
creating a spoiled look).
Storage scald can break
down to soft scald, creating
apple decay.
A tote bin, which holds 16
bushels of sorted apples is
stamped, according to varie
ty, grade by color and size.
The apples are then stored
at 31 degrees Fahrenheit
(apples freeze at 28.4
degrees Fahrenheit). The
higher the sugar content, the
lower the freezing
temperature of the apples.
Trucks used in transporting
apples for the School Lunch
Program are kept at 33
degrees Fahrenheit.
A large building at Rice
Fruit Company is utilized for
Controlled Atmosphere
storage for 28,000 to 30,000
bushels of apples. The room
is closed air-tight and the ox
ygen is reduced to two to five
percent or less, for a total of
90 days or more.
The Controlled At
mosphere program is
regulated by the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture’s Fruits and
Vegetables Division.
Depending on type of ship-
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ment, some of the apples will
be waxed before entering
storage. The Federal School
Lunch Program does not re
quire waxing. As apples are
removed from storage for
shipping, they are again
hand sorted for pickouts
before entering the shipping
cartons. Each case of apple
cartons for the Federal Pro
gram is individually
stamped by an inspector.
Schuylkill
sets
beekeeping
talk
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN -
Everyone is welcome to
come to the beekeeping
program sponsored by the
Schuylkill County extension
service and the Schuylkill
County Beekeepers
Association.
Clarence Collison,
Beekeeping Specialist from
Penn State, will present a
program on “Spring
Management of
Honeybees”.
The program will be held
Tuesday, February 26, 1960
at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202,
Building C, at the Penn State
Schuylkill Campus,
Schuylkill Haven.
For more information,
contact Dale D. Moyer,
County Agent, at the Ex
tension Office - 717/385-3431.
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Thurs., Fri. 9-9
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