EXPORT OF ORCHIDS
Approach To Govt. "The Press” Special Service AUCKLAND. Sept 3 The New Zealand Orchid Society has asked the Government to be more lenient with import licences for the cymbidium orchid—now a big export earner for Aus''This orchid earns thousands of pounds for Australian growers. It can just as easily be grown here.'’ said the secretary ot the society (Mr A. H. Blackmore). The orchid was very popular in America. England and on the Continent. If licensing was less restricted the plant could be grown here and the flowers exported to meet the Northern Hemisphere's off season. “I have discussed the issue with the Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) and the Minister of Customs (Mr Marshall). Both seem sympathetic," said Mr Blackmore. Giving an example of the potential of the orchid as an overseas exchange earner, he said that last year one Australian grower had exported 159,000 spikes of five to 18 flowers apiece. Mr Blackmore said he saw other orchids of this variety selling in Covent Garden market, London, at 2s 6d a flower. They were all Australian grown.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29609, 4 September 1961, Page 10
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181EXPORT OF ORCHIDS Press, Volume C, Issue 29609, 4 September 1961, Page 10
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