ABSTRACT
The organisation of the supply of vegetables and fruit, on which the consumer spends nearly £190 million a year, has remained substantially unchanged by the war. The Potato Marketing Scheme has been suspended and the import of some luxury fruits prohibited to save shipping space ; but the broad outlines of organisation remain the same as before the war. Fluctuations in price occur indeed from day to day and even from hour to hour ; so that the farmer can rarely be sure what his produce will fetch Not only does supply vary with weather but so does demand. The problems of potato supply and marketing originate in the variability of the yield per acre. The problems of potato supply and marketing originate in the variability of the yield per acre. Most of the producers of potatoes operate on a small scale, often combining the growing of potatoes with other crops.
