Brown spot of bartlett pears: Disorder of canning pears a direct result of impact bruising of firm fruit during the handling operations after harvest
G. E. Mattus, University of California, Davis
L. E. Scott, University of California, Davis
L. L. Claypool, University of California, Davis.
California Agriculture 13(7):8-8. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v013n07p8.
G. E. Mattus was Associate Research Pomologist, University of California, Davis; L. E. Scott was Research Pomologist, University of California, Davis; L. L. Claypool is Professor of Pomology, University of California, Davis.
Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:
Barlett pear canners have been concerned with brown flesh areas called brown spot that are not externally evident but are found upon peeling of pears.
when the above reported studies were made, while on leave from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he is Associate Professor of Pomology and Olericulture.