research article
Lightweight catching frames: Effect on fruit quality and harvesting costs studied in successful field trials with Imperial and French prunes
authors
A. A. McKillop, University of California
R. L. Perry, University of California
A. Shultis, University of California
publication information
California Agriculture 9(6):5-6. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v009n06p5.
author affiliations
Allan A. McKillop is Instructor in Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis. R. L. Perry is Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles. A. Shultis is Extension Economist, University of California, Berkeley.
abstract
Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:
A lightweight catching frame helps protect fruit quality from harvest damage because—by keeping the fruit off the ground—it minimizes skin damage and imbedded dirt.
author notes
Roy McCallwn, Farm Advisor, San Benito County, University of California, and Al Bon-turi and Paul Rentfrow, growers in the Hollister area, cooperated in the field research in the above reported study.
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