Season’s First Shipment of Fiji
p. 63 · Read in the full issue
Citrus Fruit
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, April 23.
BY the last Waipahi, the first shipment of citrus fruit for the season was sent forward for the New Zealand mar ket, —720 cases of oranges and 694 cases of mandarins.
The fruit is brought to Suva from the growers in good order and condition, and is then packed in fly proof accommoda tion by male native packers under the supervision of officers of the Department of Agriculture.
The artificial method of colouring fruit, used in previous seasons, has been dis continued this year, and the fruit was ex ported in its natural condition. There is no doubt about the high quality of Fiji mandarins, and if retailers will impress on customers that this green coloured fruit is really ripe, there should be a good demand for it on the N.Z, market. Gener ally speaking, mandarins offered for sale in New Zealand are of poor quality, undersized and flavourless.