Export of Apples and Pears During 1939 Season.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 58, Issue 2, 20 February 1939, Page 127

Export of Apples and Pears During 1939 Season.

Conditions of Government Guarantee.

/CONDITIONS for the Government CONDITIONS for Government guarantee on shipments of apples and pears made from New Zealand during the 1939 season are as follows : 1. The guarantee shall be limited to approved varieties and classes of apples and pears packed in compliance with the requirements of “ Extra Fancy,” “ Fancy,” and “ Good ” grades, and shipped or loaded for direct shipment from any port in New Zealand on or before the 25th May, 1939, to the following markets : United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, Scandinavia, United States of America, South America, Panama, Canada, Jamaica, North Africa, Egypt, Palestine, and Eastern markets.

Shipments made after 25th May must have the prior approval of the Hon. Minister of Agriculture. Provided, however, that the varieties Dougherty, Rokewood, and Tasma shall be admitted under the guarantee if they are shipped or loaded for direct shipment from any port in New Zealand on or before the 10th June, 1939; and that shipments of approved varieties and classes of apples and pears to Eastern markets are shipped or loaded on or before' 31st August, 19392. The Government guarantees to the grower a c.i.f. return of ns. (New Zealand currency) per case in respect to those varieties of apples and pears set out in

Table No. i appended hereto, and such other varieties ,of apples and pears as may be approved by the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, graded, packed, and exported by the grower, or on his behalf, in accordance with the conditions set out herein and in the leaflet issued by the Department of Agriculture entitled Export of Apples and Pears, 1939 SeasonExport Regulations.” 3. The guarantee shall be limited to apples and pears grown and shipped (otherwise than under f.o.b. contract) by bona fide fruitgrowers, or fruitgrowers’ co-operative societies, through the New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board.

4. Any grower who exports any portion of his fruit crop outside the guarantee, unless he has obtained written approval from the Director of the • Horticulture Division to do so, shall be deemed to have forfeited his right to participate in the guarantee with respect to all fruit exported during the season by him or on his behalf. 5. All apples and pears to qualify for the guarantee must be passed by an Inspector of the Department. 6. Payment of claims under the guarantee shall be calculated on the basis of the average c.i.f. price (New Zealand currency) per case received by the claimant in respect of the whole of the fruit exported on his account during the season to all markets, and only the deficiency between the average c.i.f. price realized for such fruit and 11s. (New Zealand currency) c.i.f. per case shall be payable under the guarantee. "7. Where, however, apples or pears of more than one variety and supplied by more than one grower are exported by a joint packing company or group in its own name, the guarantee shall be calculated separately in respect of the whole of the fruit supplied for export by each grower on the basis of the pool price received for each variety supplied by him : Provided that the joint packing company or group shall endorse each “ inspection submit note ” with the particulars relative to the number of cases of each grower’s fruit included in such submit note. . 8. (a) The Government reserves to itself the right to withhold the guarantee from any grower who, in the opinion of the Director of the Horticulture Division,— (1) Is not satisfactorily grading out and exporting separately his “Extra Fancy,” Fancy,” and “ Good ” grade fruit. ' (2) Is not shipping under this guarantee a reasonable proportion of the higher grades and popular sizes of any variety of eligible ex- ' portable fruit produced in his orchard. (3) Has not shipped under this

guarantee a reasonable proportion of the higher grades and popular sizes of Cleopatra, , Cox’s Orange Pippin, Dougherty, Golden Delicious, Grannie Smith, Rokewood, Rome Beauty, and Yates apples produced in his orchard and considered to be

suitable for export.

(4) Has unduly delayed, to an

extent likely to detrimentally affect out-turn, the placing of any fruit in cool storage after it has been picked.

(b) The Government reserves to itself the right—

(i) To limit the quantity of fruit

to be shipped to any market if, in

the opinion of the Hon. thfe Minister of Agriculture, unrestricted shipments to such markets would be prejudicial to this guarantee. (2) To insist on fruit being precooled prior to shipment if deemed necessary. (3) To pool, for guarantee purposes, the fruit of two or more orchards owned by the same grower. (4) To pool the fruit of any number of orchards in the event of two or more persons being interested in the same properties. • (5) To pool the fruit in the event of its being packed in the same packing ' shed, particularly where such fruit is produced by . members of one family.

(6) To re-examine and to withdraw any fruit from export in the event of such re-examination indicating that by reason of faulty grading and/or packing, over-maturity, or other causes inimical to the keepingqualities of the fruit it would be inadvisable to allow such fruit to be exported. All such fruit so withdrawn shall be disposed of in New Zealand by direction of the Government on behalf of the owner, and the proceeds dealt with as though the fruit had been actually exported under the guarantee, provided that if on re-examination any such with-? drawn fruit is found, as the result of careless or faulty grading and/or packing, to be below the prescribed standard, it will be deemed to be ineligible for the guarantee, and the ■ owner of such fruit may, at the option of the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, be held to have forfeited all right to participate in the guarantee for the remainder of the season. (c) The Government reserves to itself the right to withhold the privileges of the guarantee . (1) From all fruit shipped in vessels the storage facilities of which are held by the Department to be unsatisfactory. (2) With respect to any fruit packed contrary to such instructions as may be issued by or with the approval of the Director of the Horticulture Division.

(3) From any grower who resubmits fruit for export that has been previously rejected without having reconditioned such fruit as directed by an Inspector, or who resubmits such fruit other than as one complete line.

(4) In respect of any shipment of fruit delayed in New Zealand waters for a period exceeding fourteen days, or such longer period as may be

approved by the Hon. Minister of Agriculture, subsequently to the date such fruit was loaded for shipment upon an overseas vessel.

Table I.

VARIETIES APPROVED FOR EXPORT.

APPLES. 1. Alfriston. 2. Ballarat. 3. Brighton. 4. Cleopatra. 5. Cox’s Orange Pippin. 6. Delicious. 7. Dougherty. 8. Dunn’s. 9. Frimley Beauty. 10. Glengyle Red. 11. Golden Delicious. 12. Grannie Smith. 13. Gravenstein. 14. Jonathan. 15. Kidd’s Orange Red. 16. London Pippin. 17. Lord Wolseley. 18. Newtown Pippin. 19. Parlin’s Beauty. 20. Pioneer. 21. Rokewood. 22. Rome Beauty. 23. Scarlet Nonpareil. 24. Stark. 25. Statesman. 26. Sturmer Pippin. 27. Tasma. 28. Willie Sharp. 29. Worcester. 30. Yates. ( ' pears. . 1. Beurre Bose. 2. Beurre Capiaumont. 3. Beurr£ Clairgeau. 4. Beurre d’Amanlis. 5. Beurre d’Anjou. 6. Beurre Diel. 7. Beurre Easter. 8. Conference. 9. Doyenne du Comice. 10. Duchesse d’Angouleme. 11. Giblin’s Nelis. 12. Glou Morceau. 13. Josephine de Malines 14. Keiffer. 15. L’lnconnue. 16. Louise Bonne de Jersey. 17. Madam Cole. 18. Marie Louise. , 19 Packham’s Triumph. 20. P. Barry. ; 21. Twyford Monarch. 22. Vicar of Winkfield. 23. Winter Cole. 24. Winter Nelis. 4 4 4-