Cannery losses during the pitting and peeling of cling peaches substantially lessen the volume of fruit reaching the can. Reducing those losses would increase the canner's case yield per ton—a greater pack from a given quantity of peaches—and cannery costs could be reduced.

The above article is based on a study initiated at the request of, and partly financed by, The Cling Peach Advisory Board. A more complete report by the same authors, entitled Cannery Losses for Cling Peaches, 1954 Season, is available by addressing the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, 207 Giannini Hdl, University of California, Berkeley 4.