NELSON’S FRUIT EXPORT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 May 1939, Page 4

NELSON’S FRUIT EXPORT

TOTAL FOR 1939 SEASON ABOUT 700,000 CASES ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION BETTER THAN EARLY ESTIMATES INDICATED It is anticipated that the total export of apples and pears from the Nelson district for the 1939 season will reach 700,000 cases. Early in the season, on account of the prolonged drought conditions, the prospects were for a considerable decrease in the fruit crop, the estimates indicating that the figure would be near to that in the poor productive season of 1935. However a total of 700,00 cases is regarded as normal for the biennial off season folowing last year’s large > export of 978,421 cases | ] Mr R. T. Carlyon, shipping super- ! visor for export fruit, stated to-day that the total up to last Friday waa , 666.650 cases, and that it was probable | that about 700.000 cases would be received by the end of the season. About ; 12,000 cases were received for inspec- : tion yesterday. The figures for the j three areas up to last Friday were j respectively—Nelson, 183,447; Mapua, 1 239,526; Motueka, 243,677 cases. The ' inspection sheds will be open only oil ! odd days from now until the prospecI live closing day for the latest variety. ' Dougherty, on the 22nd May. The final I day for the receipt of Sturmers is I Friday next, 12th May. • The season started with light crop# jof Cox's Orange and Jonathans, but ' some of the other varieties were not | seriously affected by the dry weather, j particularly Sturmers, of which there was a good crop.

During the season there have been four direct loadings at Nelson, the overseas vessels taking 114.855 caset from Port Nelson. i EXPORT FIGURES SINCE 19J0 The following table shows the total fruit export for the Nelson province

each year since 1 Year Cases 1930 779.931 1931 815.261 1932 861.729 1933 724,432 1935 528.414 787.180 603,713 1939 about 700.000