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A 1930s advertisement for New Zealand apples notes the imperial connection – New Zealand, or its apples, are the British Empire’s ‘star turn’. Modesty had not hampered the colony, which saw itself from the late 19th century as a ‘better Britain’: healthier, fairer and more open.
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Reference: Eph-E-FRUIT-1930s-01
by Edward Cole
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