2008 WSU Tree Fruit Quality School - Drs. Eugene Kupferman and Chang-Lin Xiao will be hosting meetings in Wenatchee and Yakima to discuss Postharvest Diseases and Disorders. The target audience for these meetings is quality control personnel, especially QC people on the packingline. These meetings will be held in November 2008--watch this space for more information.

Superficial Skin Disorders Guide Available - This free illustrated guide is designed to help producers and packers distinguish between several commonly misidentified disorders including lenticel breakdown, blotch pit, heat injury, blister spot, and calcium burn. The guide was developed cooperatively by Drs. Eric Curry (USDA-ARS, Wenatchee), Larry Schrader (WSU-TFREC, Wenatchee), Elmi Loetze (Stellenbosh, South Africa), and Ines Hanrahan (WTFRC, Yakima). Laminated placards are available upon request from Dr. Hanrahan at ines.hanrahan@co.yakima.wa.us or (509) 669-0267.

Honeycrisp - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada recently published a bulletin for 'Honeycrisp': Harvest, conditioning and storage. Fruit maturity indices, color development, pre-storage treatment, optimal storage conditions and the occurrence of disorders in Atlantic Canadian 'Honeycrisp" are discussed.

Featured Articles--Sanitation

• Bin and Storage Room Sanitation by Peter L. Sholberg
• Chlorine Disinfectants and ORP Control by Douglas G. Kelley
• Use of Ozone in Storage and Packing Facilities by Joseph L. Smilanick
• Sanitizers for Citrus Packinghouse Recirculated Water Systems by Mark A. Ritenour, Steven A. Sargent and Jeffrey K. Brecht
• Wash Water Sanitation: How Do I Compare Different Systems? by Devon Zagory, Ph.D.
• Chemical Safety: What You Can Mix and What You Can't by Maurice Smith

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