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Feasibility of Shipping Fresh Apricots and Prunes Jumble Packed in Fiberboard Boxes

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  • Fountain, James B.
  • Hovey, Roy M.

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Excerpts from the report: Rising costs of labor and materials have forced a reappraisal of shipping containers for fresh apricots and prunes. The row-faced wood box for apricots and the ring-faced wood-veneer basket for prunes have been the most commonly used containers for shipping these fruits to market for many years. The purpose of this study was to find out (1) how much the cost of marketing these fruits could be reduced if they were packed and shipped in fiberboard boxes instead of in wood boxes or wood-veneer baskets, and (2) if the bruising of apricots and prunes would be greater or less by jumble packing them in fiberboard boxes.

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  • Fountain, James B. & Hovey, Roy M., 1969. "Feasibility of Shipping Fresh Apricots and Prunes Jumble Packed in Fiberboard Boxes," Marketing Research Reports 313608, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:313608
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313608
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