FRUITGROWERS' ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17628, 4 December 1922, Page 6

FRUITGROWERS' ASSOCIATION.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association was held on Saturday evening, Air F. W. Cone presiding over a fair attendance. Tho chairman stated that correspondence had been received concerning the question oi churning ior tno Association nhou.d adveruso ior a hat of deaiera wiio charged ior cases. It waa tinauy decided that tae secretary should write to tne rieisoii centre asKmg tueiii to tali m lino with the Canterbury Association in this matter.

_ Correspondence had been received from iNeison asking lor support in appealing to the Government for an increase in the guarantee on export iruit. Mr Cone said that the present guarantee was iusutiicient. Tne Nelson centre wus asking lor' an inciea>so to 12s 6d per case without limit to the number of case 3.

Mr Paynter, orchard instructor, delivered a short address on the ; thinning of fruit. Mr Paynter said that fruit thinning was a very necessary operation. The present season was tho one for thinning. Eruit of a large kind was always bettor than small cramped fruit. If they wero to compete with American fruit they must produce fruit of good quality and appearance. It was better to produce a smaller number because reproduction of a larger number exhausted the tree to a greater extent. Thinning in relation to the present crop was very important. In the future Beason the tree would also be exhausted by over-cropping. People were being educated to the proper quality and size l of fruit. Tue effect of over-cropping on the tree was exhaustion. The lecturer also dealt with other aspects of the tKinning of fruit. A hearty vote of thank 3 was carried to Mr Paynter for his address.