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Banana Packing And Waxing, J A F Lawson
Banana Packing And Waxing, J A F Lawson
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
IN 1955, representatives of the Carnarvon banana growers approached the North- West Branch of the Department of Agriculture with the suggestion that tests be made concerning the value of waxing bananas prior to consignment.
It was claimed at the time by the Director of Horticulture of the Queensland Department that, by means of wax dipping, bananas had been transported from Northern Queensland to Brisbane, ripened artificially, and then returned to Northern Queensland for sale in the middle of summer, whereas the undipped fruit arrived completely unsaleable.
Water Usage Trials With Bananas On The Gascoyne, W M. Nunn
Water Usage Trials With Bananas On The Gascoyne, W M. Nunn
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE banana industry at Carnarvon is an unusual one by most agricultural standards.
Normally a tropical plant liking relatively humid conditions in a high rainfall, the banana is cultivated at Carnarvon in an area of extremely low rainfall and with relatively low humidity throughout the year.
Water is pumped to irrigate the crop from the sands of the Gascoyne River bed or from bores adjacent to the river course.