Fruit physiology after harvest; Modern harvest methods; The packing house; Quality measurement, granding and inspection; Containers for shipment; Packages for the consumer; Origin, characteristics and requirements of deciduos tree fruits; Origins, characteristics and requirements of grapes and other small fruits; origins, characteristics and requirements of subtropical fruits; Origins, characteristics and requirements of tree nuts; Treatment before shipment or storage; Coventional refrigerated storage; Controlled atmosphere storage of apples and pears; Transportation by rail and highway; Transportation by air and sea; Diseases and injuries of deciduous-tree fruits during marketing; Diseases and injuries of small fruits during marketing; Diseases and injuries of subtropical fruits during marketing.

The second Conference on Statewide Transportation Planning and Programming, conducted by the Transportation Research Board at the request of the U.S. Department of Transportation and its modal administrations, sought to do the following: 1. Identify the challenges that will be faced by the states, now and in the next 20 years, particularly in the areas of the economy, energy, urban policy, and changes in transportation systems; 2. Report on the best available planning techniques and on research for new ones; 3. Recommend the optimum role for state departments of transportation in multimodal statewide transportation planning; 4. Identify techniques for optimum programming of scarce state resources, for example, between modes and categorical programs; 5. Discuss the proper content of a state transportation plan; and 6. Discuss ways of increasing the effectiveness of state departments of transportation in implementing state transportation plans.