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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12840, 8 December 1911, Page 2

Present conditions point to an abundant supply of soft fruits in Otogo this season. Lust week a Duncdin auctioneer visited the orchards in the Waimato district, and he "says that the strawberries and raspberries are excellent. This year there Js fully three times more land used for fruit culture than thero was a few years ago, and tho number of growers has increased from twenty-four to sixty. A few of tho growers have as much as abo=it twenty acres of land entirely used for the growing of strawberries. Last year tho growers obtained good prices, ranging from 10-Jd to Is 2d per pound lor tho best early yields. It is thought that raspberries will not be dear this season, as tho yield promises to be exceptionally heavy. Tho potato crop in Waimato is going to bo very heavy also. ,