SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FRUIT EXPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 2

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FRUIT EXPORTS.

j I,' NOTHING READY. h '/There.is not much variety, in. fruit.just now,, as it is botween seasons,, (says..the Adolaido. Advertiser. ")'■ If : oranges ..and bananas were removed from the dessert tables there .would be . a .poor, solection -indeed. The supply of apples is practically exhausted,, .and the loquat crop is exceptionally lights the frosts, having wrought severe damage, when the trees were in' 'blossom. A few strawberries have put in an appearance, but until the . weather ..' is-.'warmer they will not meet with ; much','of - a demand. Thoy, are not properly ripe/yet,' and the price,is';extremel.v high. The, supply of oranges, however,"', "just about 'copes' with;', tho demand. The yield has been a satisfactory- one, and orchardists have received, and are -still-ob-taining, remunerative prices'. Probably this fruit would havo been sold cheaply! this'year had it : not. been for. the" export trade, with Western. Australia, to which State consignments of oranges are still being seiit.; jjananas remain scarce, and consequently dear. They' will just* about keep tho'market'going until the cherries ripen. With favourable' weather there should be some cherries in; by the end of this month.