BANANAS TO BE SCARCE
Bananas will be scarce at Christmas. The last shipment for the year, both Equadorian and Island varieties, is due on the produce markets next week.
The president of the Canterbury Retail Fruiterers’ Association (Mr K. A. Fuller) said yesterday that the Island bananas would ripen and sell quickly, but the Equadorian imports would be held as long as possible in cool storage to ripen slowly. “However, they can be kept like this for only about two weeks.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19711126.2.40.2
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32774, 26 November 1971, Page 5
Word Count
81BANANAS TO BE SCARCE Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32774, 26 November 1971, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in