IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/uamsmr/311298.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Prepackaging Early California Potatoes at Point of Production

Author

Listed:
  • Chapogas, Peter G.
  • Hale, Philip W.

Abstract

Excerpts from the report: The evaluation of paper and polyethylene bags for packaging California White Rose potatoes was begun during the spring of 1957. There has been an increasing demand from retailers for prepackaged potatoes. However, because the early varieties are generally more perishable than late varieties, the carrying qualities of the early varieties of potatoes packed in consumer bags and shipped to eastern markets were uncertain. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of packaging early White Rose potatoes at the point of production in two kinds of consumer packages: 10-pound paper bags and 10-pound polyethylene bags. Costs of packing materials, direct labor, and transportation, as well as the condition of the potatoes on arrival at terminal markets, were evaluated.

Suggested Citation

  • Chapogas, Peter G. & Hale, Philip W., 1960. "Prepackaging Early California Potatoes at Point of Production," Marketing Research Reports 311298, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:311298
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.311298
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/311298/files/mrr401.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.311298?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:311298. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/amsgvus.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.