NIA-CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, July 19th, 2013) -- Marketing Officer attached to the Department of Agriculture’s Marketing Division, Steve Reid Jr., has extended an invitation to the general public to attend his department’s pre-Culturama Fruit Festival sale.
Slated for today, Friday July 19, 2013, the sale will run until 3 p.m.
According to Reid, the pre-fruit sale will feature a variety of fruits “such as honeydew melons, watermelons and cantaloupes” adding that there would also be “a sale on some vegetables such as sweet potato, sweet corn, seasoned peppers and a few other vegetables.”
With much enthusiasm, he added that prices for fruits such as honeydew melons and cantaloupes begin as low as $5 each. Also, sweet corn would be sold at $3 per pound,which, according to Reid, equates to an average of three to four corns.
“The watermelons range from small to large and we are selling them for just $1 per pound,” the marketing officer stated.
He encouraged persons to attend the activity which is aimed at “stimulating the taste buds of the general public.”
Today’s event will serve as a pre-cursor to the annual Culturama Fruit Festival which would be held on the Villa Grounds in Charlestown on August 02, 2013.
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