GRADING OF FRUIT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16622, 14 April 1928, Page 11

GRADING OF FRUIT

i SOUTH AFRICAN METHODS i j MELBOURNE, April 2. The facilities for the soiling, grading and exporting of fruit at South African ports are comparable with, if not better than at any other port in the world, said Dr. C. J. Reakcs, Dir-ector-General of Agriculture, New Zealand, yesterday. Dr. Eoakes, who represented Now Zealand at tho recent Imperial Agricultural Research Conference, .reached Melbourne by tho steamer Euripides. Speaking of the conference, Dr. Reakcs said that New Zealand would benefit by the spirit of co-ordination it had engendered. tSho would bo able to keep in touch with research work in different parts of the world, and thus avoid duplication of ■the work. The marketing of Australian and other Dominion produce in England was now running smoothly, and he understood that there were few complaints about the standard of Australian butter. Discussing the South African fruit export trade, Dr. Reakcs said that their facilities for the handling of fruit ."it the waterside were excellent. The fruit wa.s sorted rind graded in huge specially insulated sheds, right oh the waterfront. Specially constructed trucks for. the carriage of fruit were brought from the growing districts by rail right into the sheds. The fruit was then placed iti adjoining cool stores, from which it was loaded straight on to the steamer. The grading was all done by expert packers and (•becked by the Government officers. Hi mi wmmfmmmm m ■miniMuni wgmmmm iiiiijiii _■