FRUIT INDUSTRY
INCREASE IN' EXPORT TRADE. From the Ist of January last to present date the' export of apples from New Zealand to South America has amounted to 36,081 cases. ' In addition, there were "trial shipments of' 201 'cases of peaches, 1533 cases ■of pears, and 156 cases of apples to North American ports. The total export of fruit has been 37,971 cases. The home liner Remuera, which has just arrived, will take another large consignment to South America. * The fruit export this year will probably more than double that of last season. Enquiries made from reliable sources show- that .growers Jo not even | yet realise the importance of good grading and careful packing. Some cases recently sent forward for shipment are packed so loosely that when th? boxes aie shaken the contents rattle. It n not suggested that -this is the conrnvon practice, but theee is undoubtedly^ a i<»j'ge proportion o^ frait to which this remark applies. This building up of the export trade is of' enormous importance to growers in view of the extensive planting of recent years ; and it is urged by one autliority that growers would do well ■to support the export trade to the utmost of their ability, otherwise the indications are that the local market will be absolutely glutted. In regard to the new grading and packing regulations, it may be mentioned that tliese have been received with general approval by fruitgrowers. Exception has been taken to one or two minor details — for instance, the regulation relating to fruit blemished by spraying. At a meeting of the Nelson District Fruitgrowers' Association held a few days xigo a resolution was passed asking the Director of Orchards (Mr. T. W. Kirk) to defer enforcing the new regulations until tliey have been discussed by the New Zealand Conference of Fruitgrowers, and the same meeting agreed to inform the Prime Minister that the association heartily approved of the passing of the Fruit Preserving Industries Act.
A notioe to members of the Wellington United Sfcoremen's Union is advertised iv this iseuet
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1914, Page 6
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FRUIT INDUSTRY
Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1914, Page 6
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