OVERDOING A GOOD THING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 762, 10 March 1910, Page 10

OVERDOING A GOOD THING.

• :'; v STONE FRUIT. '■~'..'. ' .Mr. "C.. Pickering, a Palmerston orehardist,,who has■ been on a visit to HawkeV Bay,, lias.just returned. Being Interested in'the fruit industry, ho naturally Kept'his' eyes open; arid also wade inqnirios/as.to tho state of the industry, there (writes our Pallricrstbn. • correspondent).' In one direction,, at any rate, Be found that the' industry' was being! over-done, and that is/in'the growing of stone fruits, particularly "plums. In tho Friraley,.'orchard'alone,-he : had the authority, of'.the manager,. Mr. JfNaniara,' for the statement that between thirty aud for,ty " tons ' of.' plums : -were absolutely wasted,; because their factory. could not .copbwith them, and therc'.was.not sufficient dentand for them in the open market to.pay'for.even the cost of picking. Tie quantity mentioned simply lelt -to':deciy,'on tho. ; ground. From 'this it would''seem that caution should bo exorcjsefl. in planting out hew orchards, hot to have.; too many: trees of- the stone v.arioties': ,in. I: have seen 211b.'- ceases, of-pluiris sold'at'ls.'per'case, a'price"which could net possibly pay the <growers,- ■os ; the cases..alone cost-Jd. each.