Mini Apple Trees

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

125

Date Released

1973

Length of issue (in feet)

426

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Runaway Wagon
2. 2Mini Apple Trees
3. 3Rotadose
4. 4High Speed Cameras

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: We may soon be picking apples in the same highly mechanised way that we harvest cereal crops. Mini apple trees produce their crop within two years of planting, and are simply cut down by mechanical harvester when the crop is ripe.

Keywords

Agriculture; Horticulture; Science and technology

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/125

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Fred Goodland

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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