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Queen's Town Division. 
To establish a trade in fruit it is necessary that there should be a 
falto food market at more than local rates; formation of an export 
company ; nominal ede rates and freights ; and Government aid in 
ship. 
Robertson Division. T 
Fruit of almost any known kind thrives to perfection. A syndicate 
sho ud To formed, land purchased for fruit growing, and the work of a 
fru it growers’ association carried out. At present there are e 
z 0,000 
60,000; grapes, 12,000,000. Apples, 6d. to 9d. per 100 ; grapes, id. 
to 1d. T P ound; ^ov 1s. 6d. t e 6d. per 100; peaches, 3d. to 
d. 
Stellenbosch Division. 
Large quantities of Corse dg are sent daily, throughout the whole 
season, to Cape Town and Kimberley. To inerease a fruit trade an 
export :—Apples, 100 tons; penn, 75 tons; quinces, 20 tons; melons, 
150 ; grapes, almost any quantit ; pomegranates, almost any quantity. 
Grapes, 1s. 6d. to 3s. per bushel ; ‘pears, Is. to 3s. per 100. 
Stockenstrom Division. 
The following quantities available for expor t:—Apples, 100,000 
ne: figs, 300 ;000 ; oranges, 700,000 ; peaches, 7,000,000 ; pears, 
50,000; plums, 25,000 ; quinces, 1,000,000. 
Worcester Division. n 
There is an unlimited quantity of expor € grapes at 2s. per bushel ; 2 
in season from January to March. Peaches at the same price, an 
quinces at ls. per bushel. Steamers are required fitted up with refrige- 
Sir Ganache. Home duty on raisins of 7s. per ewt. is too heav y. 
In the — Ü Division the growing trade in fresh fruit with Kim- 
ined has given rise to extended cultivation. The King William’s 
Tow 
fruits of the value of 14,8887. Amongst the fresh dic cristae there 
e enumerated ; pine-apples from Mauritius of alue Ibi 
bananas and pine-apples from Natal of the value of 4,5241. fruit from — 
Victoria of the value of 44.; and Peers from the Portuguese . 
possessions in East Africa of the value of 306 
re were received at Cape Town by rail de om the several divisions, 
2,389,953 pounds of. fresh, and 969,810 of dried fruits during the yeur 
1886. Kimberley and Beaconsfield there were received R6 rail. 
spud pored of fruit erii the same period. 
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