On Sunday, October 12, 2014 1:14:29 PM UTC+1, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
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On Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:30:20 PM UTC+1, Brooklyn1 wrote:
A lot of BS. Apples are grown in both hemispheres and air frighted .
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You really are an idiot. Have you any idea how much apples would cost in the supermarket if that were the case?
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You're the idiot. He's correct.
Any Brit could hardly fail to know that over 60 % of apples sold in the UK are imported, as they are all marked with variety name and the country of origin. New Zealand is one of the major suppliers of the UK apple market.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/516...-food-disgrace
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-19573885
"The wettest summer for 100 years has wiped out a fifth of Britain's apple crop but with the UK still importing about two-thirds of the apples it consumes, farmers have more than just the weather to contend with.In fact, just two varieties - Gala (28%) and Braeburn (19%) - now account for almost half of all sales across UK outlets, British growers say. The supermarkets sell about 85% of the total."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...d-imports-Now-
patriotic-fightback-underway.html
"As British-bred varieties have slumped in popularity, foreign apples have thrived. Cox?s are in decline while Gala and Braeburn ? developed in New Zealand ? are booming.Old varieties are losing out to new ones that are being aggressively branded and marketed. Britain?s fourth most popular apple, Pink Lady, is even trademarked, meaning British farmers aren?t allowed to grow it."
Janet UK
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No, you are the idiot. You didn't get anywhere having a go at me last time so your having another go. You are so obvious!
For all of your so-called protestations you have only been able to cite New Zealand as flying in apples and just as I said they are bloody expensive. A family with 2 or 3 kids cannot afford them. Those apples are a treat in many households.
Very little fruit is flown into the UK, usually the more exotic fruits and they are flown in small quantities. As I said in the previous paragraph they are expensive and are bought as the occasional treat.
The majority of foreign fruits etc., are shipped in quantity and are therefore cheaper to buy and so we eat more of them. Fruits such as bananas, oranges, grapfruit, lemons, melons and apples.
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