WINDFALL FRUIT
New Arrangement This Year (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 23. About 5000 cases of windfall apples were left to rot on the ground in Canterbury last year as their sale was prohibited by the Internal Marketing Division, according to information received from the Minister of Marketing, the Hon. J. G. Barclay. “That state of affairs will not exist this season,” Mr Barclay said. “The Government has agreed to extend its purchase to include fruit actually lower than commercial grade and which, by Department of Agriculture regulations, is specified as minimum grade. In the case of windfalls, sound wholesome fruit will to a large extent be disposed of under this arrangement, provided the fruit is free from dirt, serious bruising or broken skin. If the fruit is too immature for dessert purposes it might be made possible in exceptional circumstances, such as gale or hail conditions, to have it accepted for cooking.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24986, 24 February 1943, Page 4
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151WINDFALL FRUIT Southland Times, Issue 24986, 24 February 1943, Page 4
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