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Raisin grapes: Study shows way to reduce picking operations and speed up harvest
Authors
Louis E. DavisLeo K. Edwarde
Authors Affiliations
Louis E. Davis is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley; Leo K. Edwarde is Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 3(6):3-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v003n06p3. June 1949.
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Abstract
The following article is a condensation of a progress report on a Motion and Time Study of the Methods of Harvesting Raisin Grapes, conducted by members of the University of California's Division of Mechanical Engineering, with the coüperatwn of Dr. H. R. Wellman, Director of the Giannini Foundation, College of Agriculture Experiment Station, Berkeley, and N. D. Hudson and R. A. Break, College of Agriculture Extension Service, Fresno County.
Davis L, Edwarde L. 1949. Raisin grapes: Study shows way to reduce picking operations and speed up harvest. Hilgardia 3(6):3-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v003n06p3
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