APPLE PROSPECTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 January 1928, Page 5

APPLE PROSPECTS

LONDON ADVICES - SHORTAGE IN AMERICAN CRO£ ! (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).; .v V. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) (Received 16th January, 8.5 a.m.). - LONDON, 14th January. In view of news received from Aus* - tralia that tlie apple crops in all Australian States would probably be abundant, importers are not very about realising high prices throughout the season, but as one leading firm .points out in a circular, “Tlie Australian Truit should not meet much competition,’ tho American crop is less. Chan half nrnormal one, and there seems little .pros-,'..;, pect of any American apples being on. the market when the first Australians ar'-h- r rive. If "there ah any apples then avail- . able in tlie United States we feel cer*7 tain til'll tlie demand there will be :StiF-‘„,, - ficient to justify keeping them for local consumption. There is more, money ~in America than in England and -when it comes, to a question of who will'pay'Rip. higher price, America will always wiu- a 4 ( At present very few Americans afe.ne-... ing shipped, as our prices are not equalj to those realised in American markets. ... There ; s unlikely to be any competition from English or Continental apples, as .. these were generally inferior and'had'to „ ho sold as quickly as possible. Every- - tiling therefore seems to point to satis,-; factory'results for the first. Australian shipments, but against this must,be the general poor demand for all classes of fruit now noticeable here.,. .Jfpr..., Spanish or i iges the season has been disastrous and shippers have lost '-heavily. -V, -v