are better flavoured as a rule, aud are endowed. wid better. 
qualities. : 
Provided a payable market can be obtained, jh is 
limit to the quantity of fruit that could be produc E 
cooler climate would give her an advantage in dy rod 
for export, as it would gun possess better keping ites, 
New ZEALAND. 
Mr. W. de G. Reeves, Officer in Charge of the Agri 
euet Tas fürbiched: a memorandum on the fruits of New 
The following are the answers to the questions. conia n 
Mr. Stanhope's circular. 
I. The chief fruits grown in the Colony are the 2 
Malus), the Plum (Prunus metae cs dd s Pear (Pyrus 
The following are also grown, but not to the 
vesc 
s Ideus), Cherry “(Prints Cerasus), Peach (Persica 
and in the north, oranges and lemons are here in small quant 
II. Apples last from J anuary to Septem 
March ; pears from February to June 
"The ‘wholesale prices are ruled. b the prices obtaine 
ned from Australia and Tasmania, and are as follows :— 
App from 3s. to 125. m gum of 40lbs. x 
Plums ,, 6s. to lds 
: P Pears” , 105 to 175. TE E: 
is amm prices vary according to the e of the gái and the 
. of the year E 
LP Practically t 
March 3L 1886, ihe total value of New v Zealand 
nm As 
oe the fruits CÓ are cay 
E ride quantities than at present; 
able Epis = See own wants in mesh. "s 
he Colony is in a very ba 
id to d th 
