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The Washington State Apple Revolution: Innovative Production, Storage, and Merchandizing Techniques Extend the Marketing Season1


Few agricultural commodities have enjoyed the tremendous success achieved by the Washington State apple industry. The apple acreage in Washington has increased from about 80,000 to over 125,000 acres in recent years. The production reached 72 million boxes in 1981 and will increase to about 85 million by 1985. This expansion is directly related to the improved technology in the production, storage, and marketing of the fruit, which has provided a constant supply of quality fruit to consumers for 11 to 12 months of the year. Much of the success is credited to a strong research effort and the immediate application by the fruit industry of the new technology developed from research.