FRUITGROWERS' ASSOCIATION

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16986, 8 November 1920, Page 4

FRUITGROWERS' ASSOCIATION

— $ MONTHLY MEETING-. Ilio Canterbury Frtiilgrtiwcrs' Association met on Saturday nig-lit',' Mr !\ Conn preluding. The ]>partment of wrot"- wiili respect to tiie export oi fiuii to the British leW during- tho comine season. The secrstsiy (Mr H. K. Morgan) stated hnd (-cnsiiltetl with several rriemhcr3 but hnd not heard of any fruit being available for export. Air J. Lcoirt-or.. said that lie did n-ot think that in Canterbury thoy would bo in a. position to tu-ka advantaao of the Department's oft-, r in I'esiwct of fruit for txixii t." It T.-uld be r.ooespary to get the fruit a-.vsy before the end of March, and t boy did not have suSicdont to make up r.-n export quantity. Ai to th-3 prospects of the fruit crop throughout the Dominion, he bad ir.'it representative fniitgrowcrß in V/eliinarto-n recently, and from their statement* be gathered tliat a.3 t-e apple,-? there would be a fairly good crop, but not quite EO larjre as hist ye-ar.. A good crop of pears was exoeeted in the Tvorth Island, but apricots and peaches wcivj not a heavy crop in the North Island, hut. vrere stated t-i be pretty pood in Canterbury. In connexion with the coming I'niit 5o;:son arran.-3cment» were bein? made for supplies of sueix, and pro-pofaij in th? mutter -Aero l>cin!7 mad« 1-y the Fedoratiou to the Board of willi the vie-.v of <;ett:r.;r sufficient supplh-f dur-'nr t-Ls jam-making- -season. Regarding; sta.-r.dard cascc, Mr Lor.gion ?id thai the Department had decided not to stringently enforce the r<culalions this year, as there were many of the old size case/- on hand: after nest October the regulations wouid be rigidly enforced. A letter vrai recoired from the Town C'.erk. Christchurch, statin?, 'with lewvrd to permitting- fruit to be sold from barrow.-, in ttiy stroet?, that after majur.sr enquiries f».s to the custom in vogue in other centres in the Dominion, the City Ccur.cil wis of opinion that in tho host of the comr.iuni'y it. w.-.o not advisable t? depart from the piesen* rcfritlations. The letter wn received. chairman reported, with Tegard to ciiarp--lor thst a further canvas of growers had been made, and prac.tica-liy r.o refusals had be?r. encountered. A lengthy list of the name? of tho=e who had agreed to insist on the ti<-vmcn-. for hnd be»»n printed and s-.ipplicd to fruit auctioneers. Tho member - *- of the Aucklar.d, llav.-ke's Bay, S and Xclson As.'--oci?.tior-3 ha<l .-Ito inrist ion t-he payment for cn;ei in respect of any : fruit dent by them to Canterbury. j The matter was discussed, in committee. | ==