FRUIT NOTES FROM TASMANIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3483, 25 October 1894, Page 2

FRUIT NOTES FROM TASMANIA.

"The the king'' w eridetitly the motto which«r»ides the nail a f i <t..; barely finished cawyiogithe o, tte space taken tor that which i« to be next year No doubt the comJD^irwaxf; CO' tlw the. average T'lSmaniaa m«y '« alow;, but if there be cunninir I iononevidde it can be found on,:the; oth»r frijiiife a man to bMkipoce lor :;hw v frait before there is n bad on b» very'^%ellitojKtrriandw unS! of ijhe|offeri'oi IsHm of the jiristopratio mail bpat that they will' else if their Kands'are not tiw<C«tly enough, v

oiWe have jiiifit had: a ; twte^of New land the ramk-at-: our < frniti fonding) there.??, They h>? i a .duty of 2d por: lb; on it already, and keep a staff, of inspectors at each port to see that th-> apples are tntirey fne fromithat learfnl; wild fowr knowi.w the Codling' Moth. Not satis fied .rth that, however, they wanted to protiil itjßjitirely the impbVtati(m\ of ijnit «Of any kiui ! from a' ■<■* jCqdlihg; ; Mot h • ini» fected iiah'try,? We cannot claim; to hive -utterlyhbanithed l the moth' 1 from our orobaids, but we have got rid ! of her from Hie majority; of theriij ;and have •' r«illv r it here, but if that New ZW land Aot had;pa«sed into law, oiie month Wild have ( been sufficient Jo make us a *• Podl\pg p so OUr trade with that oolony-about 60,060 case* j>er would have beenj The'funny rart.''oi ( 'the. business fa that LfjPliifc.New. Zealand ihspeotors[have their -Ott'orie eide of their wharves the locally. fruity being landed on the other side of the ■.■.afcft'/V'v; '..■•';;':.''" : ; -" ; " ! M

'...' V-'i'V-!- '■■■''■ "' : -'' ■ #, • .■.';'; ,-.'.. mystery about this English'fruit trade-which growers canroi fathom; ! the freight is not' is plenty of butter, or that wool will pay better if a reduction in freight if sought; but the niail boats come to'?the colony all the tome, and a>e exceedingly jealoue about any^other line getting a share.' ; The growersi. do. not know ;what;todo with tneir fruit, as there is much more "grown than the colonies can consume,, and, the English %sbn\ is, done wtieV ■ we sare wady to;ship there. The prices are good if the fruit is landed in good condition, but the growers frequently find

themselves in debt when the returns come back, Brokers' circulars come out here giving the price for best Tasmanian apples Us, and trade circulars which occasionally reach the colony by the same mails as to the brokers' advices give Tasmanian good sound apples 15s per case in lots of not less than five cases.