Is. Tomatoes
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Miper Year For Cook
By W. H. Percival
3T year, Cook Islands tomato frowers shipped a record of 5,610 cases to New Zealand. The ous best was 1946—69,550 cases, idequate shipping normally js local fruit exporters to re tomato crops as a gamble, but year no less than 24 fruit boats i at the Cooks after April, mg it possible to better the figures by 26,060 cases, ices varied from 11/3 to 20/6 :ase, working out at an average d per lb. nett for the local er. We try here to supply the ate winter market demand for toes, and in 1953 this was very table. . Carl Koster and Mrs. Koster, 'esidents of Fiji, recently left colony to retire to Sydney. Mr. er has recently been seniof inspector in the Department ?riculture. His father went to N aimanu River district of Viti prior to Annexation.