I too have heard that your apples are great, but I can't seem to get
past Wilson Distillery's Lammerlaw whiskey. This is the finest single
malt in the world and just blows away the Scots' whiskies.
Bob Denton
Chris R Harris wrote:
>Ardunbill,
>I live in the Hawke's Bay province on the east coast of the Nth Island.
>Hawke's Bay is referred to as the "Fruit bowl of NZed'
>The apple picking season has just come to an end and its been a reasonably
>good one for growers so lots more to come. What isn't exported straightaway is
>held in atmosphere controlled sealed store which is about 95% nitrogen. Got
>lots of friends in the industry from growers to transport companies to
>refrigerated containers where my son Lincoln is an engineer. We had to do a
>through the night drive a few days ago. We were in Auckland 300 or so miles
>away loading the roadster and he got a call to check 8 reefer boxes on a ship
>ready to sail as he was rostered on as the on-call engineer. Try the Royal
>Galas and Pacific Rose varieties as well.
>
>Drop by our pit at Speedweek and meet the team.
>Chris Harris........................NZed.
> Just wanted to say thanks to our friends down in NZed for sending those
> "Pick Mee" Braeburn apples up here. They appeared in the produce dept.
> of my supermarket yesterday. $1.59 a pound, and worth it; my favorite
> apple, and with a name like that, who could resist! Not me.
> It's mid-summer here in Coastal Virginia, USA, the hummingbirds are
> flying happily around in our garden, but down in New Zealand it's of
> course mid-winter.
>
> So if anybody down there has any friends in the apple industry, give 'em
> my compliments, they get those tasty apples up into our produce
> department in perfect condition. And the whole process represents 'Good
> Business'. Cheers, Bill Hoddinott
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