POOR SALE OF FRUIT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 2 September 1926, Page 8

POOR SALE OF FRUIT.

3g APPLES IN LESS DEMAND. Ie111 WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING? in - be Those interested in the fruit industry are suprised at the much less demand there is for fruit —particularly apples— as compared with previous years. Mr. Id Harvey Turner, when seen by a repre- , r sentative of the "Auckland Star," said: t e "There has been a serious drop in the lw sales of fruit, which is hard to account L ° for. Of course we are told that money ° is tight, but still there is ample available for art unions, speculating in shares, '0 races and for amusements. My own 'd private opinion is that far too much >n money has gone this year in art unions. id People have only a certain amount of ,o money to spend, and if it goes in one ," way it cannot be spent on other things. It is a pity, however, that the children >. should have less fruit to eat. Apples <i are so good for people, and yet it is in a that line there has been the biggest falling off in sales. Prices for apples at , r the present time are fully 25 per cent under rates ruling a year ago. Apple (r growers must 6uffer in consequence, and ir unless the demand improves and prices . rise again, it may mean some men having to abandon their orchards. c "Bananas and Australian mandarines are meeting with normal demand, and publicity has increased the sales of oranges from the Islands, but the position with regard to apples is very bad. ? Too much money is going in art unions, c racing and amusements with the result 0 that the apple grower has to Buffer." y