QUESTION.ANSWERED.
" Cincinnatus," Mastertqn, writes:—"Can you toll mo why tho apricots wo get in New Zealand aro so tasteless?" •
The apricots ivo got in New Zealand up to this da.to como from Australia, and nro gathered before they are ripe., There are several reasons why Australians gather tho apricots beforo they are .properly ready:— (1) They are 0110 of tho "soft" fruits, and are gathered hard to enable them to endure tho voyago safely. (2) They are gathered oarly, regardless of consequences, to catch tho early big. prices.. .(3) 'Ihoy are gathered early because tho fruit. fly will bo almost suro to attack them if left to become ripe. Tho New Zealand apricots will, no doubt, givo you greater satisfaction if you should succeed m securing some really typical ones, gathered ripo. Meanwhile, wo suggest that you fall back upon good local tinned apricots, which are always. superior to inferior fresh fruit.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 2
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