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Speaker 1: Care We fruit exports from New Zealand reached an all

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Speaker 1: time high three point one billion dollars for the year

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Speaker 1: in August this year. That's up five hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: one million dollars or twenty percent. Gold carew We fruit

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Speaker 1: made the biggest contribution exports, valued at two point four billion,

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Speaker 1: a twenty four percent increase. Evan Hayward is the Motsueka

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Speaker 1: Kiwi fruit and apple grower. He's with me live this morning.

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Speaker 1: Get a Evan warning. Ryan, Thanks for being with me.

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Speaker 1: So what's going good for you?

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Speaker 2: I like you said, the gold key fruit is going

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Speaker 2: well on the back of a couple of good years

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Speaker 2: now and volumes and quality have been outstanding.

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Speaker 1: So we do in China is where we send our

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Speaker 1: gold buy and large. Isn't it.

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Speaker 2: All over the world? Rhyme by your China's probably the

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Speaker 2: biggest market and also won of the highest paying markets.

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Speaker 1: What's the deal with red? What are you doing there?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got three hectes red in the ground. We'll

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Speaker 2: have our first commercial crop next year. So it's early days,

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Speaker 2: but the market is definitely keen on the red flesh

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Speaker 2: Q fruit variety. So it's early days, but demands there,

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Speaker 2: and we just need to learn how to grow this properly.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, I think there's a good potential in future

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Speaker 2: for a red flesh variety in the market.

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Speaker 1: I haven't tried it. Does it taste any different? What

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Speaker 1: does it taste like?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's got some some tropical flavors and it is

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Speaker 2: quite different from the green and red green and gold

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Speaker 2: that most people are used to.

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Speaker 1: Is that a higher value the red, Yes.

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Speaker 2: It is, but bear in mind the volumes are very small,

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Speaker 2: so there's probably some scarcity value built into that price

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Speaker 2: at the moment.

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Speaker 1: How hard is it to grow? I guess you're finding.

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Speaker 2: Out, yes we are, but early indications that is a

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Speaker 2: little bit more difficult to grow than both the green

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Speaker 2: and the gold. This particular variety ruby red is a

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Speaker 2: little bit smaller and it can blemish quite quite easily

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Speaker 2: from you from one damage and one thing and another.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, it's got some some agronomical issues there, agronomy

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Speaker 2: issues there that that gruss will need to learn and

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Speaker 2: and you know, get better at.

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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to trying it. Evan, great to have

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Speaker 1: some good news from our Kevy fruit industry. Really appreciate

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Speaker 1: you being on the show Evan Hayward, Cairby fruit and

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Speaker 1: apple grower in Motueka and co owner of the Hayward Orchard.

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