Abstract
THE year 1934, coming after a period of monetary anxiety, brought financial stability to the National Fruit and Cider Institute and Research Station at Long Ashton, Bristol. This gratifying state of affairs has allowed the completion, or further prosecution, of several important pieces of investigational work. Some results of these are published in the annual report of the Station for 1934 (Long Ashton, pp. 312, July 1935). A foreword by Prof. B. T. P. Barker, the director, outlines the administrative changes of the organisation, and also of the Berkeley Square Advisory Centre, Bristol. The principal contributions of research results are three papers on the maturity of fruit by Dr. J. C. Hinton (NATURE, Oct. 26, p. 687), whilst numerous studies of pests and plant pathology have been prosecuted. The cider investigations include a consideration of the suitability of various containers for apple juice, the role of pectin in cider-making, experiments on clarification of the juice, and preservation with sulphur dioxide. A soil survey of the Teart Land areas of Somerset is also being made.
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Agricultural and Horticultural Research. Nature 136, 715 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136715a0
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