Cherry study pinpoints problems: B.C. researchers identified picking and packing practices that could reduce cherry damage

摘要

Extending storage and shipping duration of cherries in British Columbia, Canada, can be achieved with minor modifications to the production, picking and packing operations, a research project has shown. The first year of a two-year study, conducted byDrs. Peter Toivonen and Frank Kappel at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre in Summerland, British Columbia, established that Sweetheart cherries could be stored or shipped for up to three weeks and, in some cases, up to six weeks with no concern over market acceptability.