VALUELESS [BANANAS.
MMATURE FRUIT SHIPPED.
CONSIGNEES REFUSE DELIVERY. The poor quality of bananas now being
received from Fiji is the subject of complaint by both retail and wholesale fruit vendors in Auckland. It is stated that an
bnormally large percentage of the fruit
received during the past three or four months has consisted of small and immature bananas that will not ripen, and are consequently valueless. The result is that the price of the marketable fruit has to be increased to compensate for the excessive waste, and the public of the Dominion has to pay a very high price for a common article of diet.
Various reasons are assigned for the shipping of the valueless fru:t. One prominent fruit importer stated yesterday that in order to have an assured supply of Fiji bananas the local merchants had
to enter into contracts with the growers for supplies for an extended period. It was apparently impossible for the growers to maintain the supply of good fruit throughout the specified period. He added that some of the consignments recently received in Auckland were so bad that the consignees had refused to accept delivery of them.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13967, 28 September 1918, Page 6
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192VALUELESS [BANANAS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13967, 28 September 1918, Page 6
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