GIVING FRUIT AWAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 8, 11 January 1899, Page 2

GIVING FRUIT AWAY.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,-—lf you have sufficient in,te«H in the fruit industry, will you ailfflH me to show what fools the AueklaU producers of fruit and other thinraffl are. Three weeks ago, and foi\ soflfHl months before, the imported applgjiß were selling at 4d to 6d a pound. Vs soon as the local fruit comes in, qlp you can get for it is from 9d to I^|| for a 40 pound case. Now, I ask }"9S if there is any sense in paying 4d fWm a case, carting it home, filling it \wfflHi 40 pounds of apples, carting it irt, aWJgS paying a commission on & shilUnjjj||j| case. .They are-worse than fools,-;!!! well as injuring others. The same thing applies to vegetftiMi and poultry, and eggs. Fancy 10d.|® 1/- for good ducks and fowls—n6^|jH|! and poor. Your auction reports Oftflf! mislead those who are not thett i||>: see therh. They are the best at t^S price. The remedy for fruit is to 00|f|| send a certain quantity, anfl if 'tMB auctioneer does not get a fair pncpf send them no more.—l am, ".''*s!§§i FRUIT AND POULTRY FARMER/