EXPORT OF FRUIT
SHIPMENT TO AMERICA,
(Pkb Ukitcd Pans Association.!
WELLINGTON, May 14. The Agricultural Department has received a report from the New Zealand Commissioner at the Panama Exhibition, San Francisco, regarding a small shipment of fruit sent by the- Maitai.
The commissioner states that the apples and nectarines arrived in good condition, but the apricots, prunes, peaches, plums, and pears carried badly, and arrived in soft condition, a large proportion being rotten. Tho department states that the report is not encouraging, but th<? shipment had been decided on early in the season.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16384, 15 May 1915, Page 6
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93EXPORT OF FRUIT Otago Daily Times, Issue 16384, 15 May 1915, Page 6
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