EXPORT OF APPLES

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 10, 12 January 1920, Page 8

EXPORT OF APPLES

The Director of Horticulture (Mr. T. W. Kirk) has written as follows to Nelson with reference to the Government guarantee on the export of apples:—"Government allowance will be made as under: — Cost of cases, including making' and nails, packing, wood, wool, and paper, shed expenses, shipping charges or company's commission for selling, accounting for bill o£ lading, export entry, etc., not exceeding 2s 9d per case. In making claims at this end, if any, each item must be specified. New Zealand charges will bo computed from the time the fruit is placed on rail, or at the usual shipping port, and will include wharfage and rail or steamer freight to the shipping port. Insurance, etc., freight, and all other subsequent charges will" be allowed. The Government guaranteo (of Id per lb) will cover fruit on consignment to approved destinations. The fruit must be packed in Government standard cases, graded, packed, and branded in accordance with the proposed export regulations (a copy of which will be forwarded later). "The varieties approved for oxport to the Northern Hemisphere under the Government guaranteo of Id per lb net are as follow:—Gravenstcin, Golden Pippin, Worcester Pearmain, Cox's Orange, Willie Sharp, . Ribston Pippin. Jonathan, Reinotte dv Canada, Adams' Pearmain, Parlin's Beauty. Delicious, Esopus Spizenberg, Dunn's Favourite (Munro's), Scarlet Nonpareil, Scarlet Poarmain, London Pippin (Five Crown), Cleopatra, Yellow Newtown Pippin, Rome Beauty, Statesman, Stunners, and such other varieties as are approved by the Director o£ Horticulture. Shipments will bo mado in March, April, and May."