Banana Replanting
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From Our Own Correspondent
Rarotonga, Oct. 10.
A Government-subsidised banana re planting scheme is now in full swing in Rarotonga.
With the recent increase in price, and more regular shipments, planters are becoming “banana-conscious,” and it is hoped that within 12 months production will have increased to over 6,000 cases per boat when, according to the present sliding scale price arrangement, a fur ther increase will be paid by the Fruit Control Board.
A cash subsidy of 10/- per hundred banana shoots planted and inspected is now being paid—s/- from the growers’ accumulated manure fund, and S advance repayable by easy stages to the Government.
Lack of shipping facilities with other countries has made the New Zealand public more conscious of the quality of the fruit from this, its island dependency —which is~ very much to the good.