DOMINION APPLES.
HIGH PRICE AT HOME. Received August 5, 9 a.m. • LONDON, Aug. 4. Dominion apples have become a luxury owing to tJie shortage of supplies. Only 382,000 cases arrived from Australia and New Zealand during June and 388,000 during July, and prices soared until the cheapest Australian were fetching 22s per case and better varieties 26s and 27s wholesale, and the retailers’ lowest price was lOd per pound, or 2ld for a 21-inch apple. These prices enabled importers to recover the losses incurred early, in the season when yalues were low and, though there is likely to bo some setback from the present high level before the season ends a month hence as home-grown supplies increase, importers .are unlikely to have any reason to complain about the results of the season. The last New Zealand shipments arrived this week, making the season's total 560,000 cases. Arrivals from Australia up to the present time are 1.201,000, and a further 514,000 are due in August.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 211, 5 August 1940, Page 6
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