Story: Apples and pears

Apple poster

Apple poster

This 1930s poster exhorts people to buy New Zealand apples. A rosy-cheeked young woman, wearing a tiki, displays a New Zealand flag holding a bounty of red and green apples.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-D-FRUIT-1930s-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page:

John Palmer, 'Apples and pears - Pipfruit in New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/17240/apple-poster (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by John Palmer, published 24 Nov 2008