EXPORT OF FRUIT, 1922 SEASON.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXIV, Issue 1, 20 January 1922, Page 62

EXPORT OF FRUIT, 1922 SEASON.

CONDITIONS OF GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE

Conditions for the Government guarantee of id. per pound net return on shipments have been formulated as follows : — . 1. The guarantee to be limited to approved varieties and classes of fruit packed in compliance with the requirements of the “ Extra Fancy ” or “ Fancy ” grades as set out in the export regulations, and to be restricted to a maximum of 100,000 cases. All bushel cases must be wired or strapped. 2. The Government’s liability under the guarantee to extend to the same charges for packing, shipment, &c., as have applied in the past. In this connection local charges up to placing the fruit on to the usual local wharf or railwaystation not to exceed 3s. per case. All subsequent charges to be computed, provided they are reasonable and are legitimately connected with the placing of the fruit on the oversea market.

3. All fruit exported . under the guarantee must be covered by an all-risk insurance policy. 4. The guarantee to be limited to fruit grown and shipped on consignment by or on account of. bona fide fruitgrowers or fruitgrowers’ co-operative societies through the New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation or other channels approved by the Minister of Agriculture. 5. The Government reserves to itself the right to limit the quantity of fruit shipped to any particular port should shipping accommodation, freight rates, or market conditions; &c., be deemed unsatisfactory. 6. All fruit to qualify for the guarantee must be passed by a departmental Inspector in the terms of the export regulations. ' ■ 7. Claims under the guarantee shall be considered on the basis of the average price received by the claimant for the whole of the fruit exported on his account during the season, provided that where consignors ship fruit to more than one port shipments to each port to be considered- separately in determining whether the guarantee is payable. . 8. All fruit shipped under the guarantee to be forwarded to agents approved by the Department, and no shipper will be entitled to nominate more than one agent for each port. ■ 9. Nomination of agents must be submitted to the Department at the beginning of the season. -

EXPORT REGULATIONS.

With respect to the export regulations, it has been decided to allow the following modifications for the 1922 season :—

Classes.

The existing partial red and striped class will be separated and a distinct striped class instituted. The colour-requirements of the striped class will be 33f per cent, and 20 per cent, respectively of good typical colour for “Extra Fancy” and “Fancy” grades. Colour Standards. ■ •

Notwithstanding the provisions of the regulations, which will not be altered in this respect until further experience has been gained, apples carrying 10 per cent, less colour with respect to “ Extra Fancy ” and 5 per cent, less colour with respect to “ Fancy ” than is required by the regulations will be accepted during the 1922 season for export to Europe and South America. The above reduction in colour, will apply to all the classes, including the “striped” class above referred to. ■ ■ .

Grades of - Fruit.

In addition to the grades “ Extra Fancy ” and “ Fancy ” it has been agreed, on the recommendation- of the Fruitgrowers’ Export Committee, that apples conforming to the undermentioned “ Good grade will be approved for export for the 1922 season :— .

“ Good ” Grade : Apples of this grade shall be of not less size than 2| in. (== 175 apples per case), sound, smooth, and clean. . .They shall be mature, well formed, hand-picked, true to name, and free from disease, visible bitter-pit.

skin-puncture, or skin .broken at stem, and other defects. Slightly blemished apples may be included in this grade provided that no individual apple shall have more than 5 per cent, of its surface affected thereby. Apples affected by spray injury may also be included in this grade provided that no individual apple shall have more than 10 per cent, of its surface affected thereby. The individual apples of solid red,” “partial red,” and “striped” varieties shall carry not less than 30 per cent., 15 per cent., and 10 per cent, respectively of good typical colour. The individual apples of “ yellow or green ” varieties shall be of good characteristic colour.

Minimum and Maximum Sizes of Apples for Export.

The size of apples of “Extra Fancy” and “Fancy” grades approved for export shall be not less than 210 per case, with the following exceptions : With respect to the varieties marked * in the appended list the size shall be not less than 200 per case; with respect to the varieties marked t the size shall be not less than 240 per case. The size of any variety shall not exceed 96 per case.

Age of Trees

The regulations restricting the export of apples to those taken from trees of seven years of age and upward will be relaxed sufficiently to allow apples from six-year-old trees of the varieties Jonathan, Statesman, and Dunn’s (Monroe’s Favourite) to be exported, provided that such fruit is duly approved by the Inspector, and that the maximum size is 130 per case.

Registered Export Number.

The “ registered number ” issued to all growers under the Local Market Regulations will be declared to be the grower’s registered export number also. The registered number of each grower must be branded on each case of fruit exported by him. The characters used in connection with such number shall be not less than f in. in the case of stencils. In respect to fruit packed by a packing organization to which. a registered number has been allotted, such consignments may be marked with the registered number of the packing association only, provided that each grower’s fruit is shown separately on the advice-note for examination, and stacked in separate lots so that the Inspector may have no difficulty in determining which is the particular lot under examination. For example, a line of 100 cases of Cox’s Orange coming from two different growers would be submitted as follows : —

These would be stacked separately in two lots and examined as different lines. Should unavoidable circumstances prevent the adoption of this procedure, resulting in a line comprising a large number of cases being submitted as one line, it must be definitely understood that the examination of same would be -solely at the grower’s risk, and in the event of any fruit forming a portion of the line being found to be unsatisfactory the whole line would be liable to rejection.

APPLES AND PEARS APPROVED FOR EXPORT.

APPLES. Solid Red Varieties. ; Baldwin. Spitzenberg. Tasma. Hoover.. Partial Red Varieties. ' Crofton. King David. Shepherd’s Perfection. Delicious. , * Rome Beauty. Wealthy. Dougherty. Scarlet Nonpareil. Worcester Pearmain. John Sharp. Scarlet Pearmain. Yates. ■{■Jonathan. • • Sharp’s Late Red. ' ' Striped Varieties. Adams Pearmain. Gravenstein. ’ Rymer. Allington Pippin. Premier. Statesman. JCox’s Orange. Ribston Pippin. Stayman. Yellow or Green Varieties. Alfriston. *Dunn’s. Farlin’s Beauty. Ballarat. Golden Pippin. Reinette du Canada. Boston Russet. Grannie Smith. Sturmer. Brownlee’s Russet. London Pippin. Willie Sharp. Cleopatra. Newtown Pippin. Washington. PEARS. Bachelier. Directeur Hardy. L’Inconnue. Beurre Bose. Doyenne du Comice. Packham’s Triumph. Beurre Capiaumont. ■ Durondeau. P. Barry. Beurre Clairgeau. • . ' Elizabeth Cole. Twyford’s Monarch. Beurre d’ Anjou. Giblin’s Nelis. Winter Cole. Beurre Diel. . Glou Morceau. Winter Nelis. Beurre Easter. Josephine de Malines.

Shipping Mark. Registered Export Brand. Number of Cases. Kind of Fruit. . - Variety. . Grade. Size. N.N. .. TASMAN 14 Apples. . Cox’s Orange . . Fancy .. 163 No. P002 14 175 t. t. 175 8 188 t, . . 11 . . 188 12 1. 210 11 ,, . • 210 12 - • • 225 >> 225 Total 60 N.N. .. TASMAN 8 Apples. . Cox’s Orange . . Fancy . . 163 No. P002 5 . .. 175 175 7 188 It - 188 9 11 .. >. 210 t. • • 210 11 ,, ,, >> 225 ,, 225 Total 40 .