FRUIT FOR BRITAIN
NON-STOP SUPPLIES LONDON, October 13. Judging by quantities and values, the most popular imported fruit is the citrus variety, apples coming second and bananas third. During the past three years'the average' import of citrus fruit, comprising oranges, lemons, grape fruit and limes in order of quantity, has been 609,094 tons and the average value £11,351,966. In days long past the only source of supply was Spain and the only variety oranges., There was a season then, and months of the year without the possibility of obtaining the fruit which has now been blessed as a cure and preventive of various ills, -especially influenza. There are so many sources now that supplies, from one part of the world or another, are non-stop throughout the year.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18255, 25 November 1933, Page 9
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127FRUIT FOR BRITAIN Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18255, 25 November 1933, Page 9
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