NO SURPLUS APPLES.
POVERTY BAY ORCHARDS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) GISBORNE, this day. Although in some respects Poverty Bay has experienced a particularly good season from a fruitgrowers' point of view, unexplainable circumstances suggest the probability of there being practically no surplus apples for export. Tie first setback encountered was the poor setting of fruit in orchards that were subjected to flooding early in the year, the opinion being expressed that this was in eome way due to the effects of floods on trees. This resulted in the largest commercial orchard in the district having its crop reduced to such an extent as to leave no exportable surplus. Now come reports ftrom various localities of an abnormal fall of immature fruit, which, is t!he more difficult to understand in view of the fact that there has been an almost entire absence of strong; winds, which are usual during spring. At best the district's exports will be greatly reduced, but it is not expected that any difficulty will be experienced in meeting local requirements.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 285, 1 December 1932, Page 14
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172NO SURPLUS APPLES. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 285, 1 December 1932, Page 14
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