Samoan Bananas
p. 73 · Read in the full issue
Better Than Fijian
IN August, a party from Fiji visited Samoa to study banana growing and exporting. A report on this visit issued by Messrs. A. R. Brown ing and V. N. Koroi has now been issued.
The report suggests that damage from leaf spot, bunchytop and scab moth is not as severe in Samoa as in Fiji. The Samoan product looks better when shipped than does the Fijian product and the report finds much to admire in the organisation and working of the Samoan banana scheme.
The investigators consider that the system whereby individual growers
pack their own fruit is better than the system of collective packing stations existing in Fiji. The only constant fault they found in pack ing was the inclusion of small fruit.
They found the export pack of Samoan bananas generally very good.
The report concludes;—“lf the difference between Samoa and Fiji fruit is as great on arrival in New Zealand as it is at the points of departure, Fiji can expect to meet serious competition from Samoa should more shipping become avail able to that country, unless a better product is exported in a more at tractive pack from Fiji.” f[ Mr. C. L. Cheng has been appointed a member of the Suva City Council for a term of 3 years.