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Handling and Storage,”
NRAES-153 ($19.50) the
proceedings from “Storage
Workshop 2001: Apple Han
dling and Storage,” at Cor
nell University in August
2001 combines into a
single resource the latest re
search in apple handling and
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 26,2002, Grower and Marketer-
storage methods.
“Apple Handling and
Storage” includes 11 papers:
“Understanding the Bitter
Pit Problem in Honeycrisp;”
“Understanding the Soft
Scald Problem in Honey
crisp;” “Decay and Quality
Problems at the Retail
Level;” “Protocol for Empire
Apples Exported from Great
Lakes Growing Region to UK
Markets;” “Food Safety Pro
grams: A Common Sense Ap
proach;” “Postharvest Decay
without Fungicides;” “Con
trolled Atmosphere Systems
for 2001 and Beyond;” What
Do New York Results Tell Us
about the Future of MCP?;”
“1-Methylcyclopropene: Is It
the Answer? (Perspectives
from Apple Research in On-
tario);” “The Grow New
York Project: MCP Effects
on Apples;” and “Applica
tion Technology for 1-MCP.”
The research presented in
this proceedings will be help
ful not only to apple growers
but also to packers, storage
operators, horticulturists,
fruit and vegetable scientists,
and agricultural engineers.
“Apple Handling and
Storage,” NRAES-153, is
available for $19.50 per copy,
plus shipping and handling,
from NRAES, Cooperative
Extension, 152 Riley-Robb
Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-5701.
Shipping and handling for
one copy is $3.75 within the
continental U.S. New York
residents, add eight percent
sales tax.
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