STORAGE OF FRUIT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 24, 20 April 1927, Page 2

STORAGE OF FRUIT

IMPROVED METHODS SOUGHT RESEARCH PROCEEDING (From Our Resident Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. With the rapid growth of New Zealand’s export fruit trade, the necessity for improved storage methods becomes apparent and investigations in this direction are being pursued by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Much of this is naturally conducted at Nelson, which, in addition to the proximity of the Cawthron Institute, is the home of the bulk of the fruit exported from the Dominion, and arrangements have been made for additional facilities there for the conduct of special observations. In reporting upon this matter before the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the chairman, Mr. G. Shirtcliffe, said that before attempting any extensive researches, either through the Department of Agriculture or under the auspices of the Cawthron Institute, it appeared desirable to await the arrival in New Zealand of Dr. Kidd, an English expert, who was expected to reach these shores about July next. Reports on New Zealand fruit storage have already been forwarded to Dr. Kidd, who will spend a great deal of his month’s stay in the Dominion in visiting the main fruit-producing districts. In this work of inspection he will be accompanied by Mr. Campbell, director of the Horticultural Division of the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Kidd is reported to be a worldwide authority upon certain aspects of fruit storage and his visits to South Africa, Australia and Tasmania immediately prior to coming to New Zealand will have made him familiar with the problems confronting fruitgrowers in the Southern Hemisphere.