SUPPLY OF APPLES
Criticism by fruiterers Part of the 440-carton shipment of Canadian apples unloaded at Dunedin last week could easily have been brought to Christchurch to relieve the present shortage, the president of the Canterbury Fruit Retailers Association (Mr K. A. Fuller) said on Friday. "Instead, fruiterers had to be content at auction today with a mere 21 cases of locally grown apples, which will have to be sold at 50c per lb to the public, just to cover costs,” Mr Fuller said. “Fruiterers are feeling a bit grim about the Apple and Pear Marketing Board offering these few apples for sale in Christchurch, while such a big supply is available in Dunedin.
“If part of the Dunedin shipment had been brought here, not all the shops would have got them, but at least the public would have paid far less than 50c per lb.” Further limited supplies of local apples are expected at the markets this week, and the first big sale of the season is expected at the end of this month when Gravenstein apples arrive from Nelson.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32810, 10 January 1972, Page 13
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