MARKETING OF FRUIT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15056, 27 July 1912, Page 8

MARKETING OF FRUIT.

' ! Is view of the large and steady 11 "» . ' in the planting of orchard Jar.**, '*•*• JV j A. Boucher, Government PomologiE'-.Wj 11 . ! that it is most import? that i"*'* "*| the Dominion should *n-:..usly coWfikj! methods of marketing, so that d |' l ?£J; fruit that may be produced ».l- ■'5 ready and profitable tale, ''""i^i During the current season th,ffe, 'Jo ; been miwiv complaints that fruit «*jJSj I sacrificed "at prices th.it loft no ■*&& profit to the grower. While S* has been the case the consumer t caved no benefit. The average W, prices have not been materially -d" 0 *!- ' fact, although fruit has bees *$***&& - rot upon the ground bo aufe it ***. le §W ; > that profitable returns to the grower »*J; ' not bo realised, retail values ' so high that, fruit could only be <*m& > an expensive luxury, and not a l!l^Sif?i - article of daily diet. ' There can be no doubt {**:■*■ " B £§?ffi ton paper) that a much larger la,l"A£'1 a,l "A£' fruit than is now grown coulf consumed if there were a sinal!« » ,u r|d difference between the price paid ; to.m grower and that paid by the : During the current season, in one ■.£$ Mr. Boucher affirms, peach-.- '»* «**2" d "l quality, well graded, and well FffiJ were sold at auction at "2s |>" * aW "V, afterwards retailed at 2d cacti. |