AN APPLE FAMINE.
; ,'. PRICESm'SHEDIIP. :', ■ There is a rather serious shortage of - apples on the Wellington market. Two , -'Df .the circumstances which have con- , ■■'.:' tributed to that are'that..the recent, . .American shipment which arrived was ••■■ ; in. such bad -condition that it whs al- ; . most" worthless,. , and ;that: the Hobart ■ iupply.is about run.out. ■ ' , "f. When'.souie Tasmania'n Sturmers were >puf un.at--the market on Saturday ■■'-..'•' there was, a 'scramble' : for. them, and !-"'.■;. a,'result-was that.'prices rose with a '. :jump. - .'.- •;■;'.- '. : ■ ■■'■' From. 20s. to 225.. per box was paid .for .apples-which''would have realised . .12s; to .13s. a. week a£o, and\before ' ■; that was Bs. to'9s.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 10
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96AN APPLE FAMINE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 10
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