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E-book Avocado Quality Manual : A Guide to Best Practices
Although the harvesting of fruit is not a direct packing house operation, it is sometimes controlled by the packing house. In some instances, picking teams are operated by the packing house, and in most
instances the decision to pick as well as what fruit to pick (complete crop or only certain sizes), and how much to pick per day is dictated by the packing house which needs to plan packing on the basis of incoming fruit, capacity and customer demands. The packing house therefore does have a role to pay in harvesting. In addition to playing a role in overall delivery of fruit for packing, which a!ects the through-put of the packing operation, the eventual fruit quality can be considerably a!ected by fruit attributes at the time of harvest, as well as the harvest process. Although fruit from Californian packing houses is mostly for internal USA consumption, and even the longest shipping distances to the East Coast are not longer than a few days, storage potential for marketing purposes and ripening physiology are nevertheless important. Certain quality aspects can be determined prior to harvest which may indicate potential for storage, the risk of chilling damage, shelf life and ripening physiology.
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