PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS IN APPLE GRADING, PACKING, ETC.
During- the mouths of March and April public demonstrations in apple packing and grading, pruning and spraying, general fruit-culture, and tomato-culture were given at the following places by the Orchard Instructors : Wade, Birkdale, Albany : N. R. Pierce. Silverdale, Birkdale, Albany : W. C. Thompson. : Levin, Palmerston North, Feilding, Wanganui, Urenui, _Rata, Greytown : G. Stratford. , Lower Hutt: T. C. Webb, jun. Pangatotara, Ngatimoti, Lower Moutere, Richmond : J. H. Thorp. Blenheim : B. G. Goodwin. .. Totara Flat, Reef ton-: W. J. Courtier. . Adair, Hunter, Willowbridge, Morven, Waimate, Oamaru : A. B. Mansfield.
In the horticultural section at the Ruakura Farm of Instruction a fruithouse has been provided, to test the keeping-qualities of different varieties of apples and pears, and to serve as a showroom where the fruit can be labelled and properly displayed for the benefit of visiting fruitgrowers.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 6, 16 June 1913, Page 630
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141PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS IN APPLE GRADING, PACKING, ETC. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 6, 16 June 1913, Page 630
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