SUPPLIES OF FRUIT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17339, 10 December 1919, Page 7

SUPPLIES OF FRUIT.

i THE STRAWBERRY CROP. i ' APRICOTS AND PEACHES. The strawberry season is now at its best, and ample supplies of fine quality are coming forward. A member of the firm of E. Turner and Son, Ltd., mentioned yesterday that he had handled 800 crates on Monday, a considerable ad- ' vanco on the number sold the preceding Monday. Prices ranged from 10£ dto Is a chip wholesale, this being about the lowest recorded this season. The long spell of dry weather has not affected the crop as yet, but growers state that the plants are now showing signs of drying up, and unless rain falls soon, the strawberry season, which up to the present has been so good, will probably end abruptly. A few growers in Birkdale and other districts last year irrigated their property, and are now congratulating themselves on having done so, for they alone will be able to keep up supplies if the dry weather continues. Some specially fine apricots have come from Thames - during the past week, these selling wholesale at the high price of 17s a case. The fine weather has also ripened the peaches in some orchards, and a small quantity of locally-grown fruit was on the market last week. The supply of fresh* fruit this week will be very good, the Maheno having brought several hundred cases of cherries, Sydney oranges, and early plums.