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Fiji Vegetabies Fro[?]

From a Suva Correspondent Fiji’s sugar-industry hold-up had one very good effect, which been largely overlooked. All thro the sugar areas of the colony farmers have this year been ph ing food crops, not only for t own use but also for sale.

THE result has been that, as ] haps never before, all kind; fresh vegetables have been ample supply at reasonable pr: in country and town markets.

If anyone was in doubt that can produce good quality cabba lettuces, tomatoes, and carrots quantity, the past two months n have removed them. The £ market, week after week, has H stacked to overflowing— a good ■ of the produce coming in from former sugar lands of the R Valley.

But with this new source: vegetable supply it is clear that £ now urgently requires market storage facilities to avoid was< and to more evenly distribute supply to the public. There 11 been great quantities wasted on occasion. The Suva market is hopelessly overcrowded at n times. Plans have already If approved for expansion and for establishment of a public fre house where produce retailers be able to rent space. This v should be taken in hand next y Fiji also wants processing dustries to handle such surpluses it has had.

Last year Fiji imported £l2O worth of potatoes. £35,000 wort! garlic, and £B,OOO worth of fre vegetables £82,000 worth of onr and £106,000 worth of pulses. W fair garlic can be grown in colony, onions are a more diffi: proposition, but there is roomj plenty of expansion in locally gn pulses, and —as we have now see Fiji can probably grow a great < of the other vegetables needed.