FRUIT GROWERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 5

FRUIT GROWERS.

j'!:;;: : ;;^^-dat'^;c6nferbnce. , :' ; ''; ; ' ; ;A. . - : A (conference;; of vNew ■ Zealand fruitgrowers .'will bfe;held at; 10.30 a.m.'to-day' at the Domin-ion-Museum.; -The delegates ::are as. follow :— Birk'enhead- andi'NorthcoteV •. '..Mr; : .\V." Charmatt; ~ Brightwater, Mr. -|W.- I Lightband; Canterbury,.'' Messrs*. F.:' Sisso'n, S. I. Fi tchi and E.\ Wilkinson ;,,Feilding,'.'-irr.-. /A. ;K}-'' Mayo; .Geraldine",:Mr.\.-Malcolm■.• Campbell; vHawke's Bay,' Messrs:;:)V.:H.' Smith arid H. Cook; Lower ,Monte'r'e,, W. ACharks '■. H., Mackay; ! Jf.otueka; MesHrfc!:' Hi, : Everett and C.! Lowe ; MouUre,. Mr. Charles , E. 'rUa.ika.fi : Ngatimbti, - -Mr.-;-R. Crpudis;. N6fthenr..Fruitgrbwe,rs' .Council, Mr. ,JnbVP'arrV: P.eel. :F&res't,- : 'Mr; W. Port Albert,',; Mr.-:,D.; Beecrbft; Eiwaka.-Mr. Al{red.E.'..i'ry.>',Stoke > , ; MeEsrs.. i A..P l SAllport, H.;p.,Jaoka > 'ana.E.'-.B.' v lzard';.3 l evioK;Messrs. Kb. 'M irnetts ■■ dna' fiy.'^VeaTe , ."WangaSui, "Mr. •E.ASisson;'f6fficiaV-delega!tes, w Messrs. 'WE: W. .(Direotpr.,of■'■ .Orchards);''';A. H. .Gockayiie (biologist), and Bouch«r (pomologiSt)'.','■.'■!■•' : '\v'- : ■'..■'•.•-'..>.•'■■ •■■■'.'"/ /•'.'.'.The :jsdnfere4'»j\uH b'e. otieiied-by thie presi-denf;'-'and'anr\addfees';.will be, giTeii':by'the Jlinister.. fpr '-AijricuHpre,. ';. •'•.''' .':;',: ..',.,<'' '• .",.;:■ '•':'Tlie ; :suljjects:for' disctission'are.'given'as follows in ; the .order paper:-W'., r ~.; .: ; . •. : ' : ' : b> ,; ;.tho'.Canterbnry : AssociationrRegistrafioii of orchards'of froin one'tree upwards,' j>iA■'■ all-fruit to bo;sold , 'under; a registered or the grower's; namfe; .inspectors to ih&vfta.. definite liuiited area,' and to be respdns'ib'!6' M >■ headquarters—in ■ Wellington oMy —iritli a : .v'ieiv to the; enforcement of the .Orch'ar'd'.and'Garden Diseases Act; uniformity of ' oasfe",'. or: net .weight to ; be .marked on all c'!(ses; ; . : ';,and' ,na; second-hand /cases to/g>e used without'■: being, properly bWansed;, better, handling:' shippingfi friiit to bo carried at fhihyay.V.risk;'".thorn-' fences' as ;a menace ,to ' orcharclists; value; of. different'/sprays; esperi■ittoht stations; for.'different" centresi the. non-' ■ responeibility. of i;ship"ping' : companies for pilla'ge^nd..decay;';arran»einerits for'."obtaining combined Doniiuion. .orders for various .requi-: siteUV-'Suck )as ;oilj'.'.arsen'at'e, ..bluestonej,. etc.'; raunibipal—or other—markets, and :the" A'uctWAeers Act.'. ;■■', . ':'. "■'.:•: ■';':'■'■ ■'.■ ■'.:;"■.■ .. :Submitted r by Stoke Association—That-sollere give ; ~a' guarantee of-purity, of eulphate of obp-' per;;j-.hattma'nure analyses,are.made morelucid" .tb'the;*grower;.or-buy«r; that 'the Government ■establisfiA'a ; system - of "through boolcing"- on ,'the"i"New; Zealand -railways ; Tiy , . , introducing facilities, thrpagh,the medium of railwaysand prestfit'steamship Ciompanies,'. of "booking goods pf/any:'sort from, and to, any. and .all towns within the Dominion; the/effect of the Panama Canal on -our; fruit industry.- >-.-.'- : --..' ■; Submitted., bjv the'.Northern . Fruitgrowers' ventilated oars-be. provided :for fthe conveyance 'of...fruit',on.ihe New, Zealand. .railways;..', the .."necessity, of .orga'nisav t'idn ,fbc the- better.' knowledge of probable out-, put'.and "distribution-of .fruit' thrdnghout. the Dominion.::."';.',r r . ■'•■',.' '■■■'■,'■,■ ■■::' . : Submitted; : by : :.the Teviot. Association—The advisabilify'of having.'fruit, carried .by'express trains.' 1 -.' ' v . ■<■■':.;'; .■ '.V''.-'■''■'-■■■;..'■'•■. .„.■ '■ ■■• Submitted "by. ■■ Association— The 'advisability:'of •opening ■wholesale tail'.fruit; stores-in. the-principal •tow'ns'in New ■ Zealand.lk .V''-'' 1 ";' .•.■'•-"•■'•. ■. ■'.'.', .:'■:'■'.''; ..-•'', '■ :■'■ : '"• Submitted', by .the Pawke's Bay 'AEsoci'atio'n— The. atlvjiiability. of ;Tequcsting the ■ Government to , allow '.the. importation; o£ German' owls 'as "dtf a'ntido'te.W);the:small .bird pest;, that, chemists in'th'eDominio'n'bo asked to/make an.arsenate .of lead under. Government guarantee, v - : ■: During the papers - *ill ■be ■■ read as; follow Oils," by Slt:'A.H: Cockaytfa; "Our' Fruit Industry,'past' and-p're-sent':conditions, /'and .future^.prospects, "with practical' hint? : On."fruit'.culture,";'by Mr; -\V. A.-Boucher.- ■' ; ''r ■:.-'<-':'■' ■ ■"■ '-.':-' ■■;'•'■"