FARMING, ARABLE - VEGETABLE INDUSTRY

Marketing

Most fresh vegetables are sold at auction markets. Glasshouse tomatoes may be carted long distances, often between the two Islands. There is little inter-Island trade in bulky vegetables, apart from potatoes, onions, kumaras, and pumpkins.

• FARMING, ARABLE - VEGETABLE INDUSTRY

• Areas of Production and Soil Types

• Vegetables for Processing

• Mechanisation

• Glasshouse Production

• Home-garden Production

• Disease Control

• Packaging

• Marketing

• Advisory and Scientific Services

• Organisation of the Vegetable Industry

Warning

This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.