LARGE SIZED APPLES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16806, 20 November 1928, Page 2

LARGE SIZED APPLES

GISBORNE'S PROBLEM OUTLET ON CONTINENT The fact that +lie problem of/the Poverty Bay fruitgrower is not to produce apples large enough, but small enough, for export requirements, has caused the exporters of this district to interest themselves in the attempt to secure suitable markets for this class of apple. The visit to Gisborne of Mr. If. Stephens, overseas representative Of the Now Zealand Fruit Control Board, therefore, was looked forward to with considerable interest. He arrived in Gisborne from Auckland, via Rotortia, last night, and tonight will address oTchardists on oxport matters. Met by a press representative this morning, Mr. Stephens made some interesting comments on the prospects of the disposal of apples of a size too large for the English market, which at present absorbed the greatest portion of New Zealand's exports.

Last season a small trial shipment J of lafge-sized Ballnjats was sent from Gisborne to Rotterdam, but Mr. Stephens was unable to say a deal in this respeet, as he had hot yet investigated the results of the slripmcut. lie was able to say, however, that there w"as a certain amount of waste among this lot. There was increased risk with the shipment of large apples, as they were apt to bruise more readily than those of a smaller size on account of a greater quantity of sap being contained in the larger fruit. With regard to price, the shipments to the Continent generally did fairly well, and sold better than those which were allotted lo the English marled., Mr. Stephens added. There was an outlet on the Continent for the large apples, and the board was anxious to investigate the prospects there, for it was difficult to sell any but the small fruit, in England. The board was ex-< tending its operations in South America and on the Continent, and it w;ls hoped that better results would be met with in the future than than were experienced last season. The English market demanded the small apple, and anything down to 234 to the case sold readily there.