Bonus For C.l. Orange
p. 45 · Read in the full issue
Growers
From Our Own Correspondent
Rarotonga, June 2.
COOK Islands orange shipments for this season have been quite satis factory to date. Owing to the new gassing process and more efficient hand ling. the fruit has landed well in NZ.
At the Rarotonga pay-out in April it was announced that an extra 2d. to 3d. per case on that shipment would be paid out as a bonus at the end of the year.
One difficulty now is the extent to which the steamer space allotted to Rarotongan growers has been cut down.
One grower applying for 100 cases of loose oranges in April received space for 50, and in May for only 32. Growers may well ask how they are expected to plant more orange trees, as under the Government re-planting scheme, when the fruit they can already supply is not taken.
A feature of the Mav fruit consign ment was the large shipment of man darines, amounting to over 1,200 boxes.
Bansna exports amounted to about the usual 3.000 cases. With the tomatoes and orange juice seasons also in full swing, the fruit industry this vear would appear to have made an excellent start.