The Ditton Laboratory at East Malling was built in 1926 to conduct research on storage of tree fruits and develop cold storage regimes for apples and pears. It was designed to mimic a ship’s hold. It started out as an independent laboratory and later became part of the East Malling Research Center. During the 1990s, the work was shifted to a new facility. Sir Ronald Hatton, one of the first researchers at England’s East Malling Research Station almost a century ago, took on the job of classifying and testing apple rootstocks that were distributed throughout Europe. When Hatton joined East […]