VALUABLE WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 125, 29 May 1934, Page 12

VALUABLE WORK

EXPERIMEMTS WITH FRUIT

The suitability for culinary purposes of fruits grown in New Zealand is being tested- by a series of experiments now undej way in the home science department of the Wellington Technical College, said . the director of the'college (Mr. E. G. Eidling) at the meeting of the board of governors, last night.' .Each month, he said, the -Department of Scientific and ..Industrial Research forwarded to the college.the" different fruits as';they ca ( mt» .into, season for tlie home science department" to make into jams, jellies, and everything possible. . The product of the f work. on eachv-variety of ■) fruit was' teste-d and a report submitted to the Fruitgrowers' Federation,; to;be •Used'.partiy for propaganda, ; but also ,to educate^ , the housewife as" to thevbest kinds of fruit to use for each purpose. Some, of the work was done with^fresh., fruit; and somej would be done after: the" fruit had -been tn cool, storage for a.while SO .■;thatV;cbmparis6nsi;couldjfei^e made. B.p|h the;pepar'tment;(iand tiif-federa-;tion were;/well:}satisfied'.--sHiiS the results obtained.-'?' :""' r-"';;-'.

. "It is most valuable to the country. We might'lpok-upon-«jtias pioneering work," remarked Mr. ti;;;-]VIcKenzie. Mr. McKenzie suggested--that the possibility 'of manufacturing essence from fruits might; be inquired .into, ■lifuch fruit now wasted .-ebul'd' be..'utilised thus, and Mr. McKenzie' thoight that New Zealand was particularly suitable for the growing of raspberries for essence purposes. The work being accomplished was o- national importance and he wished to congratulate Miss Rehriie, who-was in^chargo of the home science department of the college. '--. .- . / \ ■'-, .; . ' . -;■