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Big Money in Apple Growing From between £80 and £200 net per annum, per acre, is being made by the fruit grower to-day. That is fact. It is easy to calculate what can be done with a modest orchard of from 10 to 20 acres. When these earnings are taken into consideration with the light kind of work involved, it must be admitted that fruit growing is worth while. The market c*n 'never become glutted, millions of cases are wanted id England alone. There is a big demand for New Zealand apples which the production can never exceed. There's too little land of the right kind for one thing. Last year we imported £147,000 worth of apples, and we had orders from Covent Garden and South American buyers alone for over 500,000 cases. We supplied a paltry 30,000 cases. It has been satisfactorily;<demonsiftited time and again that N.Z. apples can be delivered at the other side of the world in perfect condition. Experts say that the apples grown in the Nelson District are the finest in the world. WHATEVER YOU DO, SEE A PROPERTY BEFORE BUYING. DON'T BUY BLIND ! READ WHAT THE POLITICAL HEAD OF NEW WHY YOU SHOULD GROW APPLES ! ZEALAND SAYS ABOUT APPLE GROWING. THE Because it pays handsomely, very small capital is required. You are v.c rnciT CAITH IN IT your own master and independent. The life is ideal, the work is easy and GOVERNMENT HAS (iKLAI frAIII! IN 11. rf o es not entail the daily drudgery and ceaseless toil that other forms of farming do. : Every man looks forward to the day when he will be able to relinquish strenuous work, either as an employer or as an employee and be able to lead a comfortable healthy life under ideal conditions. , „ . ™ ST ~._ The strain of commercial life is too great, competition is keen, and for Extract from statement made by. the Premier, Mr. Massey, on 14th -. ibmty of retiremen t; it's drudgery all their July, 1913 : " The fruit-growing industry was going to be a most impor- _y _. . fo opportunity shou i d make a tant one, and the State was going to do all it could to assist the industry. J • , intelli oe will make them feel that the The Government hoped to be able to put through legislation enabling one Abilities of Apple Growing are sure and great; that the means of of the Departments, probably the Public Trust, to make advances to an oro h a rd are The only drawback is the disinclination Associations for providing storage and canneries, and helping the indus- to^ake 1 st art How foolish dalliance is, will be best known in the near try generally. It had helped the dairying industry, and it hoped to be afc opportunity lost . able to help the fruit industry." The Chairman of the Bank of N.Z. in his speech at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Wellington, on the 26th June, 1913, said :—" Although the industry is still very much in its infancy, giant strides have been made during the past few years ... I am optimistic enough to believe that New Zealand will, in the near future, take a very prominent place as an exporter of apples and other fruits." RUBY BAY ORCH AR D S 10 si, Deposit. Balance 5r 5 years Those are the Easy Terms Mr. Stafford is Selling the very pick of the best apple growing district in N.Z., perhaps even in the world. Euby Bay is 8 miles from Nelson, and is where the fruit experts-men who do know, have been buying land. Such well-known men as Mr T. W. Kirk (Head of the Agricultural Dept.), Mr Justice Chapman, Dr. Deck, Dr. Paxton, Messrs Brown, Austin, Boulton, Trevethic, McKee, Hallam, Andrews, Harris, have already purchased orchard land in part of the original" Euby Bay Estate. These people evidently consider Euby Bay the best. Euby Bay has an average annual sunshine of 8j; hours a day. Suffers from no high winds. As a beauty and healthful spot it is incomparable. Arrangements cm be made for planting and supervising. This work will be under the direction of Hr. Stafford who is himself an experienced orchardist of many years standing. Purchasers will be certain of getting everything right and at the lowest possible cost. PEICE and FULL P|MCULAES from Bray Bros., Phoenix Chambers (opposite Post Office), Queen Street, Auckland, Mr. W. Stafford, Euby Bay, Nelson, or from his accredited agents, Messrs. H. F. McNeill & Co., 155, Featherstone St., Wellington, or Bright's Buildings, Otaki. Arrangements to view Property.

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Observer, Volume XXXIV, Issue 24, 21 February 1914, Page 18

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Page 18 Advertisements Column 1 Observer, Volume XXXIV, Issue 24, 21 February 1914, Page 18

Page 18 Advertisements Column 1 Observer, Volume XXXIV, Issue 24, 21 February 1914, Page 18