FRUIT FOR OVERSEAS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 686, 11 June 1929, Page 10

FRUIT FOR OVERSEAS

AUCKLAND SEASON CLOSED TOTAL OF 82,053 CASES A record consignment of 30,493 cases of apples, shipped on board the steamer Huntingdon, which cleared Auckland last evening, closed the 1928-29 apple export season for the province. During the season 82,053 cases of fruit were shipped at Auckland, making a fresh record for the province. Several new markets were investigated by the Fruit Export Control Board during the season and the result of this is expeted to be shown in an even wider spread in next season’s export consignments. A trial consignment was sent to Rio de Janeiro. Ten cases of passion fruit were sent to the United Kingdom, the board entertaining hopes of building up an overseas demand for New Zealand’s growing surplus of this fruit. The following table gives a list of the places of disposal of the apples exported from Auckland with the amounts and percentage of the total:

A total of 1,672 cases of pears was exported, 1,636 cases being sent to the United Kingdom and six to South America. The principal variety of apple exported was the Delicious, 44,370 cases of these being sent abroad. It is interesting to note that of these, 20,277 cases went to South America and 16,7 95 to the United Kingdom. Approximately 12,000 cases of Docherty, 7,000 cases of Dunns and 3,800 cases of Jonathans were exported, there being a total of 29 varieties. Eight varieties of pears were exported in about equal proportions. All told, 13G individual growers participated in the shipments. This number shows a considerable increase over last season. The largest individual contributor exported 7,088 cases.

Cases. Per Cent. T,nited Kingdom.. .. 42,391 52.7 Continent 3,513 4 4 Hamburg 3,044 3 8 Canada 6,227 7.7 South America .. .. 24,064 30.0 Honolulu 1,142 1.4 Total export . . . . 80,381