The results of tests for pesticide residues carried out on 200 different types of food including vegetables, fruit, grain and animal products in Denmark in 2016 are presented. It was found that although traces of pesticides were found, in general the residues were within acceptable limits. In spot...

Several specimens of Anoxia orientalis were found indoors in a house in Stenløse, Denmark. The beetles were found to come from the soil of a potted olive tree in which the larvae had developed into mature adults. The origin of the olive tree was not known, but is suspected to hail from a plant...

A total of 235 samples comprising of nuts, edible seeds and nut products were analysed for aflatoxins B₁, B₂, G₁ and G₂ by HPLC. Aflatoxins were detected in 6 of 9 samples of bitter almonds (at concn up to 9.2 µg/kg), in 4 of 35 sweet almond samples (concn up to 0.2 µg/kg), 14 of 54 marzipan...

Data are tabulated on the contents of dry matter, sugar, acid and ascorbic acid and on fruit colour at 7 different stages in ripening (between 12 July and 9 August) of the cv. Baldwin, and also on jam quality. The fruit retention force decreased as ripening progressed and was 100-110 g/fruit at...

An illustrated account is given of cultivars of apples, pears, plums, cherries, black currants, red currants, gooseberries, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, elderberries, walnuts, hazelnuts, kiwifruits, peaches and figs, which produce reliable crops, are disease resistant, have ...

Flesh consistency (firmness factor) was measured in apples by an acoustic spectrometer. The correct date for harvesting (as assessed by the degree of firmness) depended on the following factors: the period and method of storage, speed of marketing after storage and whether the fruits had been...

Rooted cuttings of 5 Jasminum polyanthum cultivars (Pantomime, Pjerrot, Columbine, Maskerade and Pepita) which had been struck in June were potted in early Aug. in 11-cm-diameter pots and were grown under glass at a minimum 12°C from 10 Aug. until 27 Dec. The temperature was then raised to 16° and...

Trees of the apple cvs Ingrid Marie, Cortland and Golden Delicious were grown with standard levels of N as nitro-chalk (or, in one instance, sulphate of ammonia) applied at various times of the year. Leaf analyses for N were related to the timing of the treatments and it was shown that trees not...

In trials with two commonly grown Danish glasshouse melon cvs (West and Bellevue) and one grown in Sweden (cv. Aroma) the Swedish cv. produced the heaviest crop and smaller (about 1.5 kg) and more marketable fruit. Yields were highest at a spacing of 4.8 plants/m2.

In trials with one Swedish and two commonly grown Danish varieties, Swedish Aroma gave the highest yields, and had smaller, more marketable fruit than the Danish varieties.