PASSION FRUIT.
TRIAL SHIPMENT TO ENGLAND. (Special.—Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, Jan. 7. A trial shipment of passion fruit will be despatched from Auckland to the United Kingdom towards the end of March. All arrangements will be made by Mr W. H: Rice, Chief Orchard Instructor, under the Department of Agriculture. It is intended that up to 200 cases of passion fruit will be bought locally. The variety of the fruit to be used and the packing method to be adopted have yet to be decided. On arrival at England' the passion fruit will be distributed by the Fruit Control Board, i Representations from the Auckland Fruitgrowers' Council are responsible for the trial. A Government guarantee was at first requested, but the Minister of Agriculture decided that the shipment should be made by his Department, the fruit being purchased outright from the growers.
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Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17320, 7 January 1928, Page 5
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