FRUIT GROWERS' CHANCES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 August 1910, Page 3

FRUIT GROWERS ' CHANCES.

hWT.'.OriIXG THE HOME MARKET. CnmnxmUKCH, August 14. Speaking to a reporter this morning the I Jon. T. Mackenzie (Minister for Asiriciilliire) said that the ■recent shipment of l'niit to tlie Old Counrty Im-'J demonstrated that it was possible to laud l'niit suecessfnily, .'i"i r «it a price which would pay tlie grower if the rigiht market was The charges on small ?;iiipnioi)!;>*Yoiilil no doubt bo heavy, but on In \er shipments there should bo a considerable reduction. Tiho great I'civ.ure ol" tlie venture, however, Wfi : '_ that thore were satisfactory prirt i to be hail, nnd that the fruit con!■■• be conveyed safety*. The woakno.&'l*:- and strong points in cwmectio'i with the handling of l'niit boli.«on New Zealand and tho Old Coin <. y Imrt boon discovered, and the result must be of great benelit to tihe trade.