EXPORT OF FRUIT.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20257, 8 June 1931, Page 12

EXPORT OF FRUIT.

MISTAKES IN GRADING AND PACKING.

/ INDISTINCT STAMPING.. Asked at' Saturday , night's meeting of' the Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association what he thought, from an inspector's point of view, of the pack and other patters connected with this •season's export of fruit from Canterbury, Mr B. G, Goodwin, Government Orchard Instructor, in complying with the request, said that he would, try not to be too hard on them. .'"Taking the grading and packiug right, through the season," ,Mr Goodwin said, "upon the whole they were very good indeed. I am not ' Baying that to pat anybody on the back —that . u not ifiy style." - Mistakes in Grading. When the season opened Mr Goodwin continued, there., were certainly a \ number of ■ mistakes. One was that • fruit" instead of being uudcr-grade was over-grade. Some growers put extra fancy with fancy, and fnney with first grade. From the Department's point of S'iew it was just as much a fault to over-grade' as to undor-grade. His personal opinion was that the "extra : fancy" grade was not high enough, •"but he had been ruled out of order -by .growers, who ivztnted the grades ; lowered;; The reason why. over-grading was objected to was that they were . trying to standardise tho grades for export, so that when the buyer saw tho brand "fancy" he would.not have to hfesitate.as to whether it was "fancy" .or "extra /fancy." If some "extra

' ; fancy' * yfixe put with " fancy'' it upset . standardisation. Another reason was that a . buyer, finding HO per cent, of / ?'extra fancy" in a case- branded <r fancy " would naturally ask why the - • whole case was not up to the "extra - faj»cy" standard, .If -,tiioy put theiaselves in the buyer's place, and saw sQmo outstanding fruit in a case they would want the wholo of the contents to be like it.

faults In Packing. * • In packing, some growors were afraid to put too much bulge on and thereby getting the friiit bruised. Speaking within reason, it • was better to have . too much than not enough bulge. If * t!icy-'bad too high a bulge a few of the apples at. each end at the top would be bruised, but if they packed .so slack that, the apples could be rattled, every apple was going to tie bruised before it got to its destination. Slack packing resulted from the sizes of #ie fpait not being right; one-eighth ©f'an inch, up or down; was allowed Imt ''no*' a 'quarter' of an ineh. No grading machine oil the market was , perfect,, but-they could not -blame the •,, anpehinesTT-applPS would not grow of uniform. dee.- Another fault in packing warf duo to pot getting tho first row ■ correct.' Owing to" tho sizes not bciinjg right the result was that there c -.wp£;,ifleqr»oct. spacing. Fortunately for ' -grtnyersand inspectors these .mistakes ; , v?ei^r , rather than the rule; * ■*".},tjtojr-'isfpe"'Jpidy- isolated Tl|a "v f inspectors- realised that packing and grading* "for export* was something new ■ '■ JwSre and 4 they bad been as reasonable as thoy.'could'-lje. ; . ;..

■. ' Indistinct Stamping. , - ' -The biggesfcfaolt had been indistinct efcsmpiiig due, he thought, to.too small a® : inking pad being used. In nomo instances the inspectors., could not tell •- ""whatvariety >r»a in n case nor the "griiwcerS ? registered, number. The only Bteacp* of identifying any cease was the -gV»if«r/if:.rpg,Utere4 number and if it - got' obliterated Ho one knew, when the fruit'-got-to the other side, whose fruit This 'lyas a- iftatter that waß absolutely vital —if the registered Jiuta&&r jpra# lost, the grower "lost his fruit. .-"There psd been mote -blenders in this ,3/fflf|W<it thanm,Tsspect c£' packing and 'lyVgra&ing* . _ * v - rijilb GoojcLwin was thanked for hia reJ, ,/^s®fr,Ov : fi.v'WjlJdns , on,suggested that an . amleay-W. should .toe. wade io get an packet from-Nelson -to giye -an " of'the -Association. i' Tho suggestion usfes considered a good > one»- «id'-4£r was, asked io ' try to make the'necessary arrauge-

grama. | * s®r -Buchanan-Taylor, publicity man- | 'pjgpr- .-ifeprs J. Lyons and Comi "-^pasy f ]!fi^ipq?Bg r fit a.meeting in Londtita i^|i^^tcf f pfotjpst'against coupon is.a, bind of dope— Soma business harpy tells you that you are ~"'i ~ ai^"' totting • well, depressed.' out of ; ; \Vtar |je , depressed when you your Vctfriea by faking a sasiyiSti?' , pr„ :a , hypodermic squirt #ljio dope 'miiKsea oif- tho people. You Joijt?w'"frhat fhe ' victim is not until -i-lie.' has• others : in .the his vice!-' |±' is; the'most iiiinfluence that has over beep ■ Brought into thsr#faheme of British in- ■- - "iti''^fltiiisfaliwery well for the coupou?^{>{^mg'vf*|iternity, to say that'more /£8,w>;000 worth of free gifts away in' England. Do , lljegr deny - that the .squandering of "" of; ;thousand3 .of shop assistants &' ,'ajid'rjiifced thwisondq of shop-keepers? i'-.v- <"* A Challenge. i Mr Kahape's jSguro of ; i J £3,009,000. '.lf'he can - prove to my British trade, the reKp /taller .the pybjlc (other than sharef * hare collectively benefited, %,*--oiia 'that gift 1 schemes will continue ' .' io.'ben^fit' the ' great mass . of the the legitimate traders, and 1 fetish •• jndiqstry as, a whole, t will ev. waver Rgai" raise my against tho ■ ' ' - , • 'hf cannot persuade me that a Vl fuanrfritegter .or a merchant wants to « w »yi ®xcepfc In straight '.,if#wara cb.ifitaiyLe t . If his h is 'properly organised and ad-Vc-r ta giye his the ;best* powible va]ue for v,/ 'hy so .doing he must 1%. business turniii.v' inany. finiis which were fat' dttven i6to gift - jwljcunfijf' ipe. sorry for "it now/ and Ht'wimffl get-clear of the inH'{'<*> " 'lbe poijtioij scheme .mannfae"»iarer»; "a'h'J warvhants coii nffbrd to ■ 1 &f 1 worth of giftp fj ittrtpflK ithe. publjc and still make .an they - shojjld stop the 00 their vnlne m money