Deciduous fruits: Costs of production, grower incomes, and related statistics, 1967-68 season 



Cost item 



Canning 

 peaches 



Apricots 



Apples 



Pears 



Plant material 



Fertilizer and trace elements 



Organic material 



Pest and weed control 



Water rates 



Electricity, fuel, and lubricants 



Maintenance 



Props 



Regular labor 



Seasonal labor: 



Thin, prune, pick, pack 



All other 



White personnel 



Packing costs, material 



Transport costs 



Divisional Council tax 



Depreciation 



Miscellaneous - 



Total costs (excluding interest) 



Calculated interest on capital investment 



Interest paid 



Total costs (incL calculated interest) 



Total income 



Net farm income (excluding interest cost) 



Managerial earnings 3 



Related statistics Unit 



Average area per farm Acres 



Percent in bearing trees Percent 



Average production per farm Tons 



Yield per bearing acre Tons 



Area established, 1967-68 Acres 



Number of farms 



Converted from rands per morgen. 

 Includes income from inter-row crops. 

 3 Net income less calculated interest on capital investment. 



Dollars 



per 

 acre 



4.15 

 26.92 



5.60 

 20.44 



2.24 

 23.66 

 27.49 



3.59 

 69.80 



19.94 

 4.28 



21.67 

 2.90 

 3.90 

 2.83 



39.83 



11.95 



291.19 



75.43 

 28.17 



366.62 



345.22 



54.03 

 -21.40 



32.81 



76.89 



175.08 



6.94 



3.32 



117 



Dollars 



per 

 acre 



5.69 

 11.23 

 11.98 



3.47 



2.63 



10.45 



18.88 



.11 



30.04 



8.14 

 4.04 

 8.68 

 .91 

 1.33 

 2.25 

 22.36 

 6.28 



148.47 



46.31 

 11.36 



194.78 



212.67 



64.20 

 17.89 



21.80 



81.74 



62.87 



3.54 



2.12 



33 



Dollars 



per 



acre 1 



3.84 



26.46 



6.83 



39.70 



.23 



20.91 



28.93 



.93 



47.41 



27.13 



4.73 



26.13 



182.09 



17.32 



2.32 



51.24 



19.26 



505.46 



70.04 

 12.41 



575.50 



726.16 



220.70 

 150.66 



77.55 



72.81 



523.10 



9.26 



6.65 



83 



Dollars 

 per 

 acre 



2.08 



28.73 



3.41 



35.67 



.44 



22.71 



29.28 



.17 



53.83 



26.57 

 9.15 



26.28 

 111.54 



12.90 

 5.35 



64.04 



22.07 



454.22 



65.94 

 15.44 



520.16 



574.24 



120.02 

 54.08 



28.15 



77.39 



180.84 



8.29 



.47 



75 



Prospects 



Cling peaches have historically been a very popular fruit crop in South Africa, as evidenced by the 

 expanded acreage and output. The sharp expansionary phase in plantings, however, appears to be abating somewhat. 

 Stiff competition in world markets has placed increasing pressure on canners' profits; this is being reflected in grower 

 prices. Fruit crops marketed in the fresh form also are feeling the pinch of increased foreign competition. But grower 

 preferences are steadily turning to these more profitable crops, especially apples, instead of canning fruits. Growers 

 are tending to reserve the better soils for the production of fresh market fruit and are planting clings on more 

 marginal land. There also is increasing interest in prunes, for which a good local market exists. 



Despite this recent decline in the popularity of cling peaches, a continuing upward movement in production 

 is expected, especially as the heavy plantings through 1966 come into bearing. Yields also are improving, which will 



