British Fruit Growing

The Origins of Fruits, Fruit Growing, and Fruit Breeding

Commonwealth contributions and British requirement of fruit.

Commonwealth contributions to the British diet 83 Thus, the supplies of bacon from Commonwealth sources are unlikely to increase as fast as supplies from home production, and supplies from European sources are already increasing. There is, however, one new possibility in the future, the production of pigs as part of the grain-sorghum scheme in Queensland. It is too soon as yet to estimate the p...

Assessment of pesticide exposure control practices among men and women on fruit-growing farms in British Columbia.

Exposure to pesticides can be reduced by wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) or by implementing alternative pest control techniques, such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM). A cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted to explore the prevalence of these practices and the factors that may be associated with them among men and women involved in fruit growing in British Columbia (BC),...

HIV/AIDS in Vancouver, British Columbia: a growing epidemic

The prevalence of HIV in Vancouver, British Columbia was subject to two distinct periods of rapid increase. The first occurred in the 1980s due to high incidence among men who have sex with men (MSM), and the second occurred in the 1990s due to high incidence among injection drug users (IDU). The purpose of this study was to estimate and model the trends in HIV prevalence in Vancouver from 1980...

Evaluation of American and British rations for growing pigs.

I. A test was carried out simultaneously in Shinfield, Reading, England, and Columbus, Ohio, USA, using typical British and American rations for growing pigs. The rations were compounded in their country of origin ; half of each consignment was used at the home station and the other half shipped to the overseas station. 2. Both restricted feeding and ad lib. feeding methods were used at each st...