NURSERYMEN'S CONFERENCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17215, 18 January 1918, Page 8

NURSERYMEN'S CONFERENCE

The annual conference of the New Zealand Association of Nurserymen, will be opened in Christchurch on January iiii, bv tno Prime Minister or the .Minister of Agriculture. A civic welcome has been arranged. Papers will bo read by Mr Robert Nairn on '"liio Value-of the Nursery Irade to the State," and by Mr Allred iVl'Donald on "Suggestions ro tho Formation of a Pomologioal Board and tho Protection of tho Hybridist." It is hoped that Messrs' Thomas Horton and T. D. Lenixie will also contribute papers. The following remits, amongst others, will bo dealt with: —

From the Wellington Council: (1) That tho price of roses (where less than six are ordered) ''be Is 6d each. (2) That tho minimum price of ornamental shrubs be Is 6d each.

From tho Canterbury Council: (1) That tho National Association draw the attention of the Minister of Agriculture to the anomaly of bedding plants being outside the operation of the registration of nurseries. (2) That the public receive some protection by way of tho inspection and condemnation of worthless plants offered for sale. (3) That tho need of establishing a National School of Agriculture in connection with one or more of tho experimental stations bo urged on tho attention of Government, with a special reference to afforestation. From the Auckland Council: CM That all fruit trees bo sold according to grade and: not by age. (2) That the prices of roses (general collection) for 1918 be—Customer's selection, Is 6d each, 15s dozen; nurseryman's selection. Is 3d each, 12s per dozen. (3) That tho price of Berberis Vulgaris for 1918 be (minimum)— One-year-old, 25s per 1000; two-year-old, 40s per 1000. From the Hawke's Bay Council: (1) That in the event of legal proceedings arising between any client and any member of tho association in reference to sales (and provided that tho executive members in either island aro of opinion that the case should , be fought in tho interests of the trade), tho samo shall bo gono on with, and all costs incurred shall be defrayed by the members of the association pro rata. (21 That, conference place on record its most emphatic protest against various statements which appeared in the Dunedin papers ro nurserymen using "Majetin stocks."