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Mechanical harvester for fresh-market plums
Authors
James J. MehlschauRobert B. Fridley
Robert W. Brazelton
F. Gordon Mitchell
Marvin H. Gerdts
Authors Affiliations
James J. Mehlschau is Associate Development Engineer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis; Robert B. Fridley is former Chairman, Department of Agricultural Engineering (now Manager of Silviculture Operations Section, Raw Materials R&D Division, Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, Washington); Robert W. Brazelton is Extension Agricultural Engineer, Davis; F. Gordon Mitchell is Extension Pomologist, Marketing, Davis; Marvin H. Gerdts is Extension Pomologist, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier.Publication Information
Hilgardia 31(3):11-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n03p11. March 1977.
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Abstract
Trials with an in-tree collector-decelerator catch frame have demonstrated the practicability of harvesting fresh-market plums mechanically. Fruit quality was competitive with that obtained by hand harvest and exceeded that from an under-tree catch frame.
Mehlschau J, Fridley R, Brazelton R, Mitchell F, Gerdts M. 1977. Mechanical harvester for fresh-market plums. Hilgardia 31(3):11-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n03p11
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