Apples for Export.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 March 1910, Page 4

Apples for Export.

An authority, in referring to the State guarantee of Id a lb for apples shipped to London, said that so far as ne'could see it would mean that even if all the fruit were lost the growers would receive 39 4d a case (remarks the Nelson Mail.) If the oases were sold locally the grower would get 4s Gd, but about Is expenses would; bring the price down to 3s Gd. Now, supposing the cases are accepted as good on the London market, a,nd there is no reason why. they should not be, as the refrigerating apparatus is most up-to-date on the steamers, and; tho fact that nil cases will' have to be passed by Government experts- will ensure a high standard throughout, the grower, it is calculated, will clear anything from Gs to 7s a ease without the Government subsidy. The price at Home is given as about lis arid 12s a case, and from that about 4s -Gd to 5b a case'expenses has to be subtracted. England imports £4,000,000 worth of apples every year, and there is a sure market there as long as the- commodity can be procured, and Nelson, it lias been, clearly demonstrated can produce fruit equal .to, if not surpassing, that grown in any portion of Australasia, find the growers are to be complimented upon the result. Besides, there is a. market at Kio de Janiero lor. apples and other fruit. At the present time, fruit from Tasmania is being transhipped at New Zealand for the South American port—only three weeks away —where it realises from 14s to 16s a case.