FRUIT PACKING.

Northern Advocate, 17 March 1913, Page 3

FRUIT PACKING.

CULTIVATING THE ART.

■IE INSTRUCTION WANTED.

proper packing of fruit either or export trade is an imfeature of the fruitgrowers' In progressive fruit counhas become a science. Careof fruit is just as; import|B> the orchardist as the proper of butter and frozen meat farmdr. Our own fruit excontinually emphasising the for more knowledge on the the grower in this respect, and Hj every opportunity offering to '"'the most approved metharranging the packs that will the fruit becoming damaged With the rapid extension fruit-growing business it is not to suggest that the Hce of fruit packing might be exso that school children in the fruit-growing centres could the art at special classes lr the supervision and instrucHof the expert in charge of the disH Files just to hand show that in Hsh Columbia packing schools have H established for the purpose of B-ucting growers and their chilH. In a recent communication to Australian firm a London merchant Hses growers to adopt the "dia■d" pack. There is, he complains, Hi for $Li|pal of improvement in the ■ncr of packing colonial fruit, and ft: "The true system of packing Hfruit—from what I have seen of ftessful shipments—is the diamond, ftonal, or crotch, known as spring fting. The correct way of workBout the method is by numbers, the I of the fruit being known by the ftber the box contains. Most of I apples which come from America I from 88 to 128 to the case, selli more, as it is considered that apis running more than the latter laber are too small, and less than I former are too big for export pures. Any of our fruit experts will only too pleased to show growers i diamond-diagonal pack. Amongst other reasons why this tern is favored is because it will nd much more pressure, and the ssure is more evenly distributed sr the case. As a matter of tact, ,re is no direct pressure at all as the old system, and the maximum lount o* fruit is contained in each se. The method also allows of rinkage taking place without loosen- * the fruit. The buyer also knows actly the number of apples he is tting in each case. It is claimed at if growers would only adopt this stem they could get at least 2s per se more for their fruit, besides hich they would gain on. freight. lie department might do worse than ake a special effort to give as much istruction in the art as possible, he season is a short one, it must be dmitted; but there are plenty of ofcers Competent to instruct, and their srvices should be made available to ie exclusion of their other duties rhile the packing season lasts."