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Sir, — Musing on your editorial of January 28, I wonder why grapes are not grown to supply raisins and sultanas. I am not certain what quantity of dried fruit is imported, but it must surely be considerable. — Yours, etc., JUNE GOLDSTEIN.
January 29, 1986. [A spokesman for the Crop Research Division of the D.S.I.R. at Lincoln, Mr Howard Bezar, comments that New Zealand does have a dried fruit industry, particularly with apricots in Central Otago. However, generally the grape varieties which are suitable for wine-making, and in surplus at present in the more humid areas of the North Island, are not those which are traditionally dried overseas for raisins, sultanas and currants. The D.S.I.R. has some people working on dehydrating techniques which could be applied to all horticultural produce. Overseas dried fruits are usually produced in regions where very hot and dry summer conditions enable quick, open-air processing without moulds forming. Any higher technology alternatives have to be able to compete economically with this low-cost method.]
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