The Feilding Star Oroua and Kiwitea Counties' Gazette TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1928. AMERICA FOR OUR APPLES

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1910, 22 May 1928, Page 4

The Feilding Star Oroua and Kiwitea Counties' Gazette TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1928. AMERICA FOR OUR APPLES

Onee upon a time, and that only a few rears ago, it was thought that ilie United States of America, were opening ft. golden vista for our butThen there was a still hotter prospect for onr lamb over there. Hven our honey was inquired lor. I tut the interests concerned in the home produets got busy and put. tb. Customs tariff on our track, so that our exporters had to move further

up into Canada, where tnow an endeavour is being made to build another tariff wall against the entry of our produce. The latest move is by our .Meat. Control Hoard to test the States and Canada with our frozen meats. In the meantime—last week to he exact— Hit* American market wits t-Hod out with a shipment of Delicious apples, and cabled word comes that the shipment brought 20s (3 dollars) per case, whilst during the same week' onr Delicious apple* brought from Us to 12s <>d per -*<Hb r:ls, ‘ in England. lint the Americans want a bigger and brighter apple than the Londoner htt.vs. and it is this tact that makes the testing of the American market so valuable—a different apple for each eotmirv would mean so much to our growers in selling their crops, which this season have been especially prolific.