FRUIT CROPS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 90, 16 April 1923, Page 2

FRUIT CROPS

INSPECTORS' BPPPSTS. ,

The following end-of-season reports on fruit crops have'been received by the horticultural section of the. Department of Agriculture from thte district inspectors:— . .;-,...

Manaw^tu and Wairarapa.-r-Appleft— Picking operations in full swing. Crop , up to expectation; very heavy. All van- . eties matured above three weeks e&rljer than usual. "lemons —Few grown. Pears —Practically all picked; very heavy crop. Strawberries--Over; v«ry heavy crop j harvested, prices good, demand keen. Tomatoes—On market; fairly good crop where kept free from disease. Walnuts — Few grown. Taken as a whole the fruit | crop for this, district has proved to be a very heavy one, if not a- record.—J. W. Whelan. . --•;■" i Neleon.-^-Apples—Most of the D.unn'e, V Jonathan, and Cleopatra are picked. London Pippin and Delicious are now beinsr gathered. Stunners are nearly ready. Nectarines and. Peaches—Very ' few Readies remain on the trees, Pears-?-Winter Coles are picked ;• later sort* are maturing well. Tomatoes —Th§." season has now closed here.—W. C. llyde. ; Nalson Centrai.-r-Apples—Fair weather conditions have assisted- the picking for export, except in & very few instances, Jonathan,' Kinsr "David,"London Pippin, \ and Dunn's are off the trees, and growers busy on Delicious, which are. more plentiful than anticipated earlier; 6ome,_Kood samples of this variety being picked. Stunners are also being picked for export; a 1 fair crop bit a lot.--of faulty fruit. Bed mite and leaf houper both prevalent. Statesman bad. with late black spot infection in come orchards; this variety seems very liable to attack this season. Pears—Winter" Cole now picked; very fair quality, but rather short crop. Winter Nelis light and feirly spotty. Other sorts a medium crop..—j. H. Thorp. • Motueka.—Aßple6rT-Mid.-aeaflpn varieties now being picked; good crops, vpwl damaged in some districts. Majority of fancy jrrads being exported- Quantities being stored under trees 'or in shed for advance in price on local markets. Peaches—Practically over,- few late varieties, but very inferior quality.' Pears—Majority of pears beintr picked and packed for cool store; Prices not' payable on local market at present. Good.crops of clean sound fruit. Tomatoes—Almost over; has been, fairly good' season with very little "disease. Walnuts—Fairly'good.—G. Stratford.