. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. .Tanuauy 11, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. ORANGES IN COLD STORAGE. The accompanying note on the above snbjccfc appeared in the Tranxraal AgricidLaml Journal for October last :— It may be of iuterost to note that the Tiansvaal Cold Storage t'ompany has set aside a room for cold storage of fruit at their Pretoria branch. A request was made by one <jf our leading fruit growers that this division should try to make some such arrangement. It is a pleasure "to state that the storage people met
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. .Tanuauy 11, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. ORANGES IN COLD STORAGE. The accompanying note on the above snbjccfc appeared in the Tranxraal AgricidLaml Journal for October last :— It may be of iuterost to note that the Tiansvaal Cold Storage t'ompany has set aside a room for cold storage of fruit at their Pretoria branch. A request was made by one <jf our leading fruit growers that this division should try to make some such arrangement. It is a pleasure "to state that the storage people met the proposal in the most satis- factory manner, and now some thousands of oranges arc being kept at a temperature of 40' F., with [mssibly an occasional variation of one point above or below. The fruit is examined every ten days. The first tiiirty boxes were put in on July 9, and up to the date of writing (Septemlier 1) only five speci- mens have shown signs of decay. On examination, these five showed cuts in three cases and thorn punctures in two others, pointing out again the necessity for absolutely the greatest possible care in both picking and luuulling. The fruit is placed in standard boxes (the box holding 2 cubic feet), and the rental i)er month is per box, or about 8d. per 100. The wi-iter does not look upon this business as an exiierinient tut the gi' and storage ow ners evidently do. The result will probably be that next season the whole of the s])ace -will be engaged, instead of only small portion as at present, with the advantage that at a slight outlay for storage, the .sale price of the fruit has been increased 100 per cent, in three months. COLOiNIAL FRUIT SHOW. The tliinl show of colonial-grown fruit and vcgeta- "blcs held in London during 1907, under the of the Koy-al Horticultural Society, was fixed forXovember, since at that time the produ(-ts of Canada and the West Indies are found in England in the greatest profusion. 15y mean
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