Fruit-growing on small areas of land can be very profitable. According to Mr N. R. Williams in the Journal of Agriculture a small Auckland orchard of acres, with not much more than three acres in stono fruit, has had an output during the season of more than 55,0001 b of stone,fruit, chiefly peaches. Practically none of this fruit was sold under 2d a lb, while the early peaches sold at a higher rate. On the basis of 2d a lb the gross return would bo equal to £458, equal to over £152 per acre.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3085, 30 April 1913, Page 74
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