Flower Exports?
Sir, —I have noticed some correspondence from the growers of flowers expressing discontent with the sale of their blooms on the local markets. Surely, at a time when New Zealand is trying to open all avenues for overseas trade, the flower industry should not be overlooked. I remember reading the press some three years ago that Mr J. A. Hollows, of Palmerston North, had flown some 20 dozen chrysanthemum blooms into the Sydney markets, but I regret that I have learned nothing since of the success or failure of this venture. Surely in New Zealand, where most growers are within easy reach of an airport, the problems involved are not insurmountable. Our strawberries have gone down well overseas. Why not our flowers?— Yours, etc., MARGARET SPIVEY. Geraldine, May 13, 1969.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19690516.2.91.4
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31989, 16 May 1969, Page 10
Word Count
132Flower Exports? Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31989, 16 May 1969, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in