research article
Apricot harvest predictable: Method of reliable forecast five to ten weeks before harvest an aid in merchandising fruit at right time
authors
Reid M. Brooks, University of California College of Agriculture
publication information
California Agriculture 5(4):3-14. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v005n04p3.
Summary
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The harvesting date of Blenheim or Royal apricots in Contra Costa County has been predicted within two days 50% of the time, and within four days every season in a 17-year experiment at Brent-wood. In two years the predicted and actual harvest date were the same.
author affiliations
Reid M. Brooks is Associate Professor of Pomology, University of California College of Agriculture, Davis.
author notes
The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 926.
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