Auckland Apples in London

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 16, 6 August 1891, Page 4

Auckland Apples in London

An old Aucklander at present in | *• Loudon sends the following interest- j ing information (says the Herald)! respecting Auokland grown apples, to ' Mr W. F. Lawry, manager of the New Zealaud Loan and Mercantile Agency. Company : — , I have received the case of apples | you were _ kind enough to send me, and in order to' be quite sure, and tobe able to speak of my own knowledge, I, opened them myself and carefully took out every apple from the case. My report upon them ia that - there were not half a dozen apples in | the case unfit for use. They arrived j in- excellent conditiqn, and formed'a beautiful collection of choice fruit. I sent out parcels of them to my friends, and especially told them that they Were . New Zealand apples. They seemed delighted with them. I also purchased through the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company a case of apples, part of the consignment you sent here, so that I might be enabled to judge of tbe kind of fruit that was sent for :-ale. The box I opened was numbered 392, and I • paid Tss 6d for it (purchased at public auction). It was shipped ly I). Dickson, .of Aucklaud, from the "Woodstock orchard, and consisted entirely of Cox's orange pippins. This case I also opened myself and the apples were iv excellent condition, only a few slightly bruised, and the whole case of the choicest fruit. These apples were followed by large shipments from Tasmania. The Tasjhanians have done it upon a very large scale, with what results to them I' am not quite sure. The whole importation of New Zealand and Tasmanian apples has made a great .mpression upon tbe London folks, ■ The apples are exhibited iv all tbe fruiters' shGps, and have very much improved "their appearance at this tiuie of the year. Some of the Tasmanian apples are small and yellow, ■ some of them can compare with tbe i case of orange pippins I have re- ! ferred to. There is this in favour of Cox's orange pippin — that it is not j only handsome, but it ?.s as good to •eat as it looks. You should advise "those who send apples to send only the ! very . choicest. A few inferior ■apples, I mean inferior iv appearance, will pull down the price of the better oues. Choice showy picked fruit will, I think, be the besfc to send. Ido i aot know what the money result will "be to the shippers, but I am quite flure that the trade once established will be a paying one, for this reason. You come with beautiful green fruit upon a bare market, and if judiciously managed, you ought to be able to command good pricces. The Tasmanians are the only competitors, and they have scut a great lot, hut if once the people here begin to expect regular consignments there will be an established market for them, just as there is now fur the New Zealand mutton." I