The Nature And Extent Of Retail And Consumer Losses In Apples Oranges Lettuce Peaches Strawberries And Potatoes Marketed In Greater New York

Author : Michael John Ceponis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364882702
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book The Nature and Extent of Retail and Consumer Losses in Apples, Oranges, Lettuce, Peaches, Strawberries, and Potatoes Marketed in Greater New York (Classic Reprint) written by Michael John Ceponis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Nature and Extent of Retail and Consumer Losses in Apples, Oranges, Lettuce, Peaches, Strawberries, and Potatoes Marketed in Greater New York Mechanical injury was the leading cause of loss in California crisphead lettuce marketed from April to October of 1967-69. It comprised percent of the total percent loss in retail and percent of the total percent loss in consumer samples. Parasitic disorders caused and percent loss in retail and consumer samples, respectively. Losses from non parasitic disorders were percent in retail and per cent in consumer samples. Mechanical injury and decay caused practically all the loss in retail and consumer samples of peaches marketed from May to September of 1967-69. Retail losses totaled percent: percent from mechanical injury and percent from decay that was chiefly brown rot. Decay caused percent loss and bruising percent loss in consumer samples of peaches that were held at room temperatures until they were ripe. Strawberry losses in retail and consumer samples totaled and percent, respectively, during the March to October periods of the 3-year study. Parasitic disorders, mainly gray mold rot, spoiled and percent of the berries in retail and consumer samples, respectively. Mechanical injuries wasted the rest. A percent loss occurred in consumer samples of Maine Katahdin potatoes marketed in Greater New York in the December to May periods of 1966-69. Mechanical injuries caused percent; parasitic diseases, per cent; and nonparasitic disorders, percent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.