APPLES AND PEARS
RECORD FRUIT CONSUMPTION The consumption of apples and pears in New Zealand during the 1941 season was on a scale greater than in any other country (states a circular issued to all apple and pear-grow-ers by the Minister of Marketing, Mr J. G. Barclay). “ There were many,” the Minister says, “ who thought that" it was not possible for the New Zealand publie to consume the full crop of 2,640,000 cases, but this quantity has been consumed, and it represents 7.4 lb per .head of the population, or an average of 264 fruits per person per year. “ Ths next best recorded average is by the United States, with an annual consumption of 47J lb or 178 fruits per person.” The statement adds that during the height of the season the market was absorbing 11 fruits per head per week and this average was held for seven consecutive weeks. “ I doubt” says the Minister, “if these figures have been exceeded in any other country at any time.”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4527, 23 January 1942, Page 4
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168APPLES AND PEARS Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4527, 23 January 1942, Page 4
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