Considerable quantities of currants have recently arrived in this country and are being distributed as rapidly as possible.
A further allowance is made for the cost of cleaning the currants before they reach the consumer.
The home crop of currants in that year was 328,000 cwts.
As regards black currants, there was a glut last year, but, with the introduction of canning factories, the glut has now been dealt with.
He told us that he had seen currants which had been bought from the grower at 2½ d. a lb.
Has he power to do anything at all in relation, say, to the cheapening of labour in the production of raspberries, currants and strawberries?
I am aware that prospects are good for certain fruit crops, including black currants.
There were no appreciable imports of currants from these two countries.
