FARMING, ARABLE - VEGETABLE INDUSTRY

Packaging

Most market vegetables are packed in cases or sacks. The Samoan banana case is much used. There is some prepackaging, principally of celery, but washing and prepackaging of produce are not yet popular.

• FARMING, ARABLE - VEGETABLE INDUSTRY

• Areas of Production and Soil Types

• Vegetables for Processing

• Mechanisation

• Glasshouse Production

• Home-garden Production

• Disease Control

• Packaging

• Marketing

• Advisory and Scientific Services

• Organisation of the Vegetable Industry

Warning

This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.