Apple packers were employed on piece work to pack fruit from the sizing graders into wooden boxes, following prescriptive packing charts that ensured a box of even sized fruit. Depicts women’s occupations in horticultural district. Photo depicting 12 women standing outside the Harcourt Fruit Growers Association packing shed on the loading dock. The registered office sign is on the wall behind Mrs I. Gibbons. There is other sign writing on the wall weather boards of the building. The weather boards to the left of the window appear to be second hand as the writing is partly covered up. It also appears to be warmer weather as all the women are in light clothing.

Students Picking Fruit'Kodak Colour Print made by Kodak (Australia) Pty. Ltd. June, 1960.'fruit picking, students working outside, orchard

2. Note by J H Kneen 26.02.1991 "Student is J. M. (Pixie) Scott."Black and white photographs. 2 copies of each photograph, 1 set had been mounted on cardboard. 1. Students pruning fruit trees in the Orchard. 2. Female student ploughing with a draught horse in the Orchard.Front: "Students at Burnley Neg 132 Section State Farm Burnley, Publicity Branch Department Of Agriculture. (1) On reverse, "Students pruning fruit trees at School of Horticulture, Burnley. June 1940." (2) On reverse, "A girl student ploughing in the Orchard School of Horticulture, Burnley, (June 1940.)" state farm burnley, pruning, fruit tree, 1940, female students, ploughing, orchard, students working outside, draught horse, publicity, pixie scott, j. m. scott

Students Pruning Fruit TreesOn reverse, "Photograph by Publicity Branch Victorian Department Of Agriculture Ref. No. c.1695H."students, pruning, fruit trees, orchard

Used by R & J.M. Hooper of Homestead Road, Wonga Park on their Orchard Used in early orcharding to size fruit before packing. There are several different types of rings, but they all do the same thing, the numbers are inches of diameter, if the fruit sits on that ring and doesn’t drop through that is it’s size. Fruit of all the same diameter would be packed into a box in a pattern that didn’t move around. With apples and pears that was about 70 pieces of 3 inch fruit per bushel down to about 170 fruit of 2 inch fruit per box. The Trayrude 2

A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1948.A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1948.FRUIT SALAD FARM/ 1948marysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1949.A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1949.Fruit Salad Farm/ Marysville. '49marysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1949.A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1949.FRUIT SALAD FARM/ MARYSVILLE/ 1949marysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1954.A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1954.Fruit Salad Farm./ Marysville. 1954marysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

Flyer for annual fruit tree pruning demonstrations. Scannedpruning, trees

A colour photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in January 1961.A colour photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in January 1961."FRUIT SALAD FARM"/ 14TH JAN. 1961marysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

A colour photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in March 1963.A colour photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in March 1963.M2 Fruit Salad Farm/ March 1963marysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

This is the twenty fourth catalogue of trees and it contains fruit trees, nut trees, berries and some ornamental trees. Carl Nobelius wrote in his General Remarks that he had one million trees to sell, clean, healthy and pest free. The nurseries were 250 acres in extent and contained two and a half million trees in various stages. His nurseries were at Emerald, Railway Siding and his office half a mile from Emerald Railway Station. He imported new varieties from overseas and the nursery was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, employing 80 people between 1903 and 1930.Green Catalogue 1915 of Fruit Trees, also Elms, Oaks, Planes, Poplars and other Deciduous and Ornamental Trees. The catalogue contains 5 black and white prints of landscape views of the nursery, plus there are 5 bright colour inserts of individual pears and apples.nobelius

A set of four pages from the "Sesqui-Centenary" issue of the 'The Cumberland Argus and Fruit growers Advocate", dated Wed. 26/10/1938 - including an article on the former Parramatta Steam tram, its opening, closure. Also advertisement of local suppliers, motor car trailers, Malings stores, Parramatta and Granville Electric Supply Co. Ltd. radios and pianos. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013. Handle with care, repairs required.trams, tramways, parramatta, steam trams, closure

Black and white photo of entrance to Blue Moon Fruit Co-Opblue moon fruit co-operative ltd, blackburn

Two clips from newspaper about the Wilsons Fruit and vegetable market.

A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1954.A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1954.Rosalie - 1954/ Marysville Fruit Salad Farm Bridgemarysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1958.A black and white photograph taken at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville in 1958.Strawberry Farm - Marysville/ 1958 (Fruit Salad/ Farm)marysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

An article about the difficulties associated with fruit growing during World War 2.fruit industry, world war 1939-1945, fruitgrowers and primary defence league of australia

Horse drawn cart loaded with fruit boxes. Two horses and one driver.horses, horse drawn vehicles, fruit industry

A black and white photograph of the wooden bridge at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville taken in the 1960s.A black and white photograph of the wooden bridge at the Fruit Salad Farm in Marysville taken in the 1960s.Bridge at/ Fruit Salad Farm 1960'smarysville, victoria, australia, fruit salad farm, accommodation, restaurant, photograph

Mr Duus of Union Road, Surrey Hills was a butcher and greengrocer Note the correct spelling is "DUUS". A 1965 calendar from Duus Brothers is in vertical file under "butchers". Anthony Paul, Edward William and Alan Edward Duus were all butchers. Trevor William Duus was a carrier. In 1980 they all lived in Croydon.Interior of greengrocer shop. Displays of fruit, apples, bananas, oranges, polystyrene boxes of onions, lettuce. Scales suspended from ceiling. Brick walls with posters of fruit and rolls of plastic bags attached to front of display boxes.shops, greengrocer, posters, union road, surrey hills, duus brothers, tony duus, anthony duus