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

James B. Fountain and Roy M. Hovey

No 313608, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1969-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313608

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