PIP FRUIT CROP
SALE TO GOVERNMENT FRUITGROWERS APPROVE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. The annual conference of the Fruitgrowers’ Federation approved the principle of the purchase of pip fruit by the Government through the Internal Marketing Department as a war measure. The basis to be asked for next season's fruit cro-p purchase is the 1937 cost of production figure plus the assessed costs since that date. Concern was expressed at the restriction of fertilisers for orchards to lijcwt. pgr acre. It was stated that fruit was in a very disadvantageous position compared with other crops such as hops and tobaeco, while market gard'eners could get all the fertilisers they needed for vegetable growing. It would have been more equitable if the fruit-growers had been given an allowance on the basis of the average quantities used over a period of years.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20861, 13 August 1942, Page 5
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139PIP FRUIT CROP Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20861, 13 August 1942, Page 5
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