South Africa's production of selected canned fruits 





Apricots 



Peaches 



Pears 



Mixed fruit 





Year 















Total 







Clingstone 



Freestone 



Total 





Fruit 

 cocktail 



Fruit 

 salad 



Total 







1,000 



1,000 



1,000 



1,000 

 i 



1,000 

 i 



1,000 



1,000 



1,000 



1,000 





cases 



cases 



cases 



9 



cases 



cases 



cases 



cases 



cases 



cases 



1958 . . 



600 



2,393 



2,393 



490 



h 



500 



500 



3,983 



1959 . . 



888 



1,499 



() 



1,499 



525 



O 



500 



500 



3,412 



1960 . . 



780 



2,369 



( 2 } 



2,369 



562 



( 3 ) 



438 



438 



4,149 



1961 . . 



864 



2,671 



( 2 ) 



2,671 



769 



48 



152 



200 



4,504 



1962 . . 



629 



2,699 



( 2 ) 



2,699 



645 



48 



271 



319 



4,292 



1963 . . 



828 



3,368 



165 



3,533 



914 



52 



245 



297 



5,572 



1964 . . 



680 



3,257 



182 



3,439 



1,318 



95 



249 



344 



5,781 



1965 . . 



1,080 



4,156 



127 



4,283 



1,126 



267 



264 



531 



7,020 



1966 . . 



988 



4,562 



84 



4,646 



1,486 



399 



286 



685 



7,805 



1967 . . 



743 



4,865 



47 



4,912 



1,250 



471 



267 



738 



7,643 



1968 . . 



591 



4,534 



7 



4,541 



1,302 



764 



249 



1,013 



7,447 



Basis 



24/2 a /2's (45 11 



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Not available. 



Included with fruit salad. 



Source: South African Fruit and Vegetable Canners Association 



from only 48,000 in 1962. Over 900,000 cases are estimated to have been packed in 1969. Production of this item is 

 expected to continue its rapid growth, siphoning off more peaches and pears from the output of other canned 

 products. The canned pear pack has also shown strong growth, more than doubling since the late 1950's to a high of 

 \Vi million cases in 1966. A more gradual rise is expected in the coming years. 



Canners pack fruits in the basic can sizes— A2^'s, A2's, Al's, and AlO's. An 8-ounce picnic-size can also is 

 used, both for export and for the local market. Approximately 90 percent of the pack is put in consumer size cans, 

 primarily A2%'s and Al's. 



Grading and inspection 



In the 1967-68 season a cannery diversion regulation, patterned closely after the one used in California, was 

 instituted by the Canning Apricot-Peach Board to insure proper adherence to the prohibition on the canning of 

 undergrade clingstone peaches. Under the regulation, the quantity of fruit for which diversion credit is received must 

 at least be equal to the volume of undergrade peaches received by canners. In calculating the fresh natural weight of 

 peaches presented for diversion, the different forms or stages in which such peaches are eligible for diversion credit 

 are made equivalent to peaches in their natural state by the application of specified percentages. For example, peeled 

 halves and slices receive diversion credit of 138 percent of their actual weight. 



The fruit diverted from the canning process must be removed from canners' plants, but may be used for 

 such purposes as dried peaches. 



Canned fruits also are subject to mandatory inspection and grading by Government inspectors into fancy, 

 choice, standard or substandard grades. In general, these grades compare favorably with U.S. standards. Only 

 Kakamas peaches or crosses from that variety that have the rich golden color are eligible for fancy grade. From 

 December 1967 through October 1968, over half of the sales in the United Kingdom consisted of fancy -grade fruit. 



Substandard grade peaches are sold both on the local market and in continental Europe. The volume 

 packed under this grade is reported to have decreased since the inception of the prohibition on the canning of 

 undergrade fruit. 



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