. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. served to dramatize the venture and to publicize its successful re- sults. It stimulated active interest in prepackaging more than any- thing that had occurred before, and it provided some needed facts un- der representative commercial con- ditions. Yet a certain amount of pioneering had been under way as much as 20 or 25 years prior to 1944, beginning date of the Colum- bus experiment. Some of this was fundamental research by experiment stations and other agencies dealing with the nature of various wrapping ma- terials and the res
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. served to dramatize the venture and to publicize its successful re- sults. It stimulated active interest in prepackaging more than any- thing that had occurred before, and it provided some needed facts un- der representative commercial con- ditions. Yet a certain amount of pioneering had been under way as much as 20 or 25 years prior to 1944, beginning date of the Colum- bus experiment. Some of this was fundamental research by experiment stations and other agencies dealing with the nature of various wrapping ma- terials and the responses of plant and animal tissues when sealed in these wrappers. For example, in 1928 H. D. Brown, in Mich. Agr. Exp. Sta. Technical Bulletin 87, described a series of tests of the effects of various papers upon the quality of some fruits and vege- tables. Stahl and Vaughan pub- lished one of the earliest official accounts of experimental work in this field in Fla. Exp. Sta. Bulletin WATCH YOUR PROFITS GROW. SINCE 1910 PORTABLE IRRIGATION DISTRIBUTED BY C. MORRIS WILLIAMS Hatchville Road North Falmouth, Mass. CHARLES REED School St. Seekonk, Mass. I W. R. AMES COMPANY I 3905 E. Broadway, Tampa, F'a. [ SEND ME FREE LITERATURE. j NAME â I ADDRESS CITY TAMPA, FLA â 'â¢''sAN FRANCiSeO: CA'LrK: 369 in 1942, under the tile "Pliofilm in the Preservation of Florida Fruits and ; Since that date the literature on prepackag- ing has grown amazingly. Pioneers At the same time a number of commercial trials were going on here and there. Just who should get the nod for pioneering these developments? Mushrooms in con- sumer-size paperboard boxes have been a familiar item at least since the late 1920's and brussels sprouts since the mid-30's. Spinach and tomatoes have been growing in popularity as standard prepack- aged merchandise since the late 30's. Consumer packaging of citrus fruits got its start in Florida about 1932, and there is now large vol- ume prepackaging
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