Fruit Crop Estimates for November, 1949

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 80, Issue 1, 16 January 1950, Page 72

Fruit Crop Estimates for November, 1949

THE following estimates of the fruit crop for November. 1949, in 000’s of bushel cases, are provisional and revised monthly for the period November to March and are summarised from information supplied by field officers of the Horticulture Division, Department of Agriculture.

FRUIT DISTRICT Auckland Gisborne Hawkes Bay Manawatu Wanganui . Wairarapa Nelson Marlborough Canterbury North Otago Central Otago Total APPLES— Ballarat .. .. 57 10 90 I 2 5 5 6 ’ 176 Cox’s Orange Pippin 8 4 80 1 1 120 9 13 3 239 Delicious .. 37 1 1 1 10 1 5 169 8 17 17 375 Dougherty .. .. .. 21 5 70 ___ 24 . 1 24 121 1 121 Granny Smith 69 3 85 2 2 66 1 f I 230 Gravenstein 26 — 35 35 43 43 104 104 Jonathan .. It — 50 -- 2 249 18 10 6 346 Sturmer .. .. 6 5 200 2 15 310 20 36 10 604 Other varieties .. 107 6 166 7 5 132 14 44 II 492 Total .... 342 44 886 14 32 1118 76 127 48 2687 PEARS— Beurre Bose .. 3 2 — 5 10 Louise Bonne de Jersey 10 —— ___ 10 __ — 10 10 Packham’s Triumph 6 —— 3 ___ 1 _ - - - 10 . . 10 P. Barry .. 2 1 8 1 —— 2 1 2 14 14 W. B. Chretien .. II —- 40 1 18 18 1 1 7 7 78 78 Winter Cole 2 1 30 —— 1 31 1 4 2 72 Winter Nells . — I 30 — —- 6 — 1 1 5 5 43 43 Other varieties 13 1 8 1 —■ 8 8 5 5 2 2 38 38 Total .. '.. 37 4 131 2 2 71 1 II 16 275 OTHER FRUITS— Peaches 60 6 166 30 30 4 43 4 309 43 309 Apricots 1 —- 4 4 " — —— 5 71 5 81 71 81 Nectarines .. 1 — 14 — '. —— 1 1 9 . - 25 9 25 Plums 35 5 32 1 —— 3 —- 3 3 20 20 99 99 Cherries .. —. 1 —— —— 1 1 —— 3 — 9 1 14 3 9 14 Quinces .. .. .. 8 — 9 — — 5 - — 22 22