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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Grapes

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Grape Guards Prove Their Worth, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia Jan 1973

Grape Guards Prove Their Worth, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

now being packed and protected with "grape guards"—gas releasing generators consisting of chemically treated paper which releases small quantities of sulphur dioxide. Grape guards inserted in unventilated storage boxes are activated by the high humidity in the box to release their sulphur dioxide and prevent decay of the packaged fruit. The guards were developed in the United States two years ago.


Marketing Export Grapes, W R. Jamieson Jan 1962

Marketing Export Grapes, W R. Jamieson

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

IN RECENT years there have been many changes in the buying power and of the availability of fresh fruit on our principal overseas grape market, Singapore.

The market has become highly competitive and trade acceptance today demands that only grapes having a large berry size for the particular variety be exported, and that the grapes arrive in sound condition.