Fiji Bananas In Canada
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From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, April 23.
WRITING from Vancouver, the Hon.
Alport Barker (member of the Fiji Legislative Council), who is en route to England, states that he made inquiries concerning the sale of Fiji bananas on the Canadian market.
Everywhere he went, he heard that the flavour of the fruit was excellent, but that the appearance of it in the retail shops was not good.
A fru’t agent had expressed the opinion that the fruit was carried at too low a temperature. In Canada, our bananas com pete with those from Ecuador, and it was apparent that the appearance of the Ecua dor fruit is enough to sell it, thus giving it a big advantage over the Fiji product.