APPLES FROM NELSON
EXPORT SEASON TO BEGIN SOON 4N average crop expected lias PRESS Special Sendee.] NELSON, January 11. The 1937 fruit export season will begin on February 1 with the picking of Gravenstein, Worcester, and Alxriston varieties of apples, of which the first shipment will leave New Zealand in the Fordsdale. which will load 11,400 cases at Wellington from February 0 to 11. The Nelson office of the New Zealand Fruit Federation advised to-day gSt is was estimated that this season’s total export would be about incases that of last year, when 787,180 cases were sent from the province The subject of crop prospects had been receiving consideration for some weeks, so that shipping and other arrangements could be made. It was thought earlier that the crop would be on the light side, but from the present estimate there is every indication that there will be an average crop, in spite of the fact that some varieties are patchy. It is anticipated that more Nelson fruit than usual will be held for local markets this year because of damage to Hawke’s Bay crops from storm and frost, ana tnia will no doubt affect the export total.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21988, 12 January 1937, Page 14
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