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In Victoria my best thanks are due to Dr. S. S. Cameron, Director of Agriculture, who provided 

 me with every facility in the shape of laboratory and office accommodation for carrying out the work. 

 Also to Messrs. C. C. Brittlebank, Vegetable Pathologist ; E. E. Pescott, Principal, School of Horti- 

 culture ; P. J. Carmody, Chief Supervisor of Orchards, and the various Orchard Supervisors ; W. 

 French, Superintendent Engineer-in-Charge of Cool Stores ; J. Lang, Harcourt ; H. H. Hatfield, 

 Box Hill ; Wm. Gillies, M.A.; and Dr. Paterson, Professor of Agriculture, University of Western 

 Australia. 



I was also ably assisted in the experimental work by Mr. C. Wedge, who had been trained under 

 Principal Pescott, of the School of Horticulture, Burnley. 



In New South Wales Mr. G. Valder, Director of Agriculture, kindly placed suitable experiment 

 farms at my disposal, and I am much indebted to Mr. W. R. Peacock, at Bathurst, and Mr. F. G. 

 Chomley, at Yanco, for superintending the experiments and supplying the results. 



In Queensland the Under Secretary for Agriculture also co-operated, and Mr. W. Henderson, 

 Orchard Inspector, supervised the experiments at Stanthorpe. 



In South Australia, where the Experiment Orchard at Blackwood is a model of its kind, Mr. G. 

 Quinn, Horticultural Instructor, placed the results of the numerous experiments freely at my disposal 

 and aided me in every possible way. 



In West Australia, Mr. J. F. Moody, Fruit Commissioner, took a very active interest in the work, 

 and I am deeply grateful to him for the valuable help afforded. Mr. J. McNeil Martin, of the Mount 

 Barker Estate Orchard, was also keenly interested and spared no pains in carrying to a successful 

 issue the experiments which he supervised. 



In Tasmania I was also much indebted to Mr. A. H. Benson, Director of Agriculture, who fully 

 realized the importance of the investigation to Tasmania ; and to Mr. J. Osborne, Horticultural 

 Instructor, for assisting me in the selection of suitable orchards for experimental purposes. To Messrs. 

 North and Brady, West Tamar, and Mr. G. S. Carruthers, New Norfolk, for the use of their orchards, 

 I express my gratitude. 



In conclusion, it is my pleasing duty to thank the great body of orchardists all over Australia 

 for the kind and courteous manner in which they invariably welcomed my visits, and for the amount 

 of local and practical knowledge which they freely gave in order to assist in the solution of the Bitter 

 Pit problem. These cordial relations will always remain a pleasant memory. 



