Tahitian Pineapples
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and Mrs. White and Miss White live at Upper Watut—l2 miles from Wau.
Tahitian Pineapples
From Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, December 10.
THE possibility of creating abroad a market for tinned pineapples grown in French Oceania, has long been under discussion.
The attempt was once made in the Leeward Islands of the Society Group, but the times were not propitious and the prices the canners were enabled to offer were not satisfactory to the growers, so the project was abandoned.
At the present time, new experiments are being made in Tahiti. Samples of tinned sliced pineapple have been submitted to France and the favourable reports of quality and acceptability in that market have stimulated the promoters (Messrs. Bambridge and Brown) to expand the undertaking.
It is said that an initial consignment of 400 cases will be despatched per the S.B. Ville d& Strasbourg, sailing for France this month.
Should this be successful, measures will