N.I. Fruit Industry
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THE rehabilitation of the banana grow ing industry in Australia has given rise to serious repercussions in Norfolk Island. N.I. growers had attempted to cater for the depleted mainland market by planting fresh areas. Now that bananas from northern N.S.W. and Queensland have reached such large quantities, the Islanders are finding great difficulty in disposing of surplus produce, since the New Zealand market is shut to them.
The N.S.W. Director of Fruit Culture (Mr. C. G. Savage), who recently inves tigated the N.I. fruit industry on behalf of the Federal Government, said he emphasised to the growers the import ance of choosing the best site for banana and orange plantations. The soil of Nor folk Island was of a rich volcanic nature and excellent crops of juicy, thin-skinned Valencia oranges were being obtained.