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Optimum Location, Number and Size of New England Apple Packing Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2020

F. Richard King
F. Richard King*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maine at Orono
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Rapid changes are taking place in the commercial apple industry. Recent years have seen the development of controlled atmosphere and Tectrol storage, changes in the type of rootstock grown and changes in the techniques of packing. Furthermore, buyers of fresh apples are much more conscious of quality and demand a more uniform, higher quality pack. Certain problems relating to storage, packing, distribution, processing, and point of sale representation of grower interests have been of concern to the industry. Many of these problems are appearing due to the reflection of these industry changes in the New England commercial apple industry.

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Marketing and Food Distribution
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 1 , October 1972 , pp. 277 - 286
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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The study upon which this paper is based was conducted while the author was a graduate student at the University of Connecticut. Appreciation is extended to Dr. S. K. Seaver for his assistance in the study. However, the author accepts responsibility for content.

References

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