很少农产品有象华盛顿苹果企业那样获得的巨大成就。近些年来,华盛顿的苹果栽培面积,已经从80,000英亩增加到125,000英亩。1981年产量为7200万箱,1985年将增加到8500万箱。这一发展,与果实的生产、贮藏和销售技术的改进直接相关,能够在一年之中有11至12个月经常地用高质量的果实供应消费者.大多数成就归功于强有力的科研工作,而果品企业迅速把研究出来的新技术付诸应用。 Few produce has the tremendous accomplishments that Washington Apple did. In recent years, Washington has grown its apple-growing area from 80,000 acres to 125,000 acres. In 1981 the output was 72 million cases, which will increase to 85 million cases in 1985. This development, which is directly linked to the improvement of fruit production, storage and marketing technologies, is able to provide consumers with high-quality fruit regularly for 11 to 12 months of the year, most of which are due to strong research Work, and fruit companies quickly put the new technology developed into use.