THE FRUIT INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2365, 22 January 1915, Page 8

THE FRUIT INDUSTRY

NDRSERYHENrCONFER YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS 'Mr. T, Horton presided- at tho con--of. the Now Zealand Asß&ola* jtioa of Nurserymen, held in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, when a of remits were considered. 4 Hawke's Bay asked that the "association assist in an effort'to have Napier declared a port of- export and entry J ojr nursery stock, : with-a fumigating Ofnoa land officer in l charge. ; Tho 'president fsaid that sometimes goods would-come .'••'fright 'down to Napier, and! then have to %o sent back to Auoldand or on to Wellington for inspection., He thought,that .. [the orchards, instruotor might take, up too work. . ' '■ -Mr. T. W. Kirk said that the Department had provided officers at. first, . iports of call, and he did not think therb . (would he muoh prospect of the appoint--1 pnent of more officers at present. If • (Napier had an officer, then Nelson, IWanganui, aiid Timaru would want I'tli'etn. ;Tho orchards instructors had Mready more than enough work to do. ' "The remit was referred to next year's jiroriferenco. I '' Registration. : _ ( "That the National Association be v to push the matter of registration 'and inspection of nurseries." ,iwas a rerni t from the Taranaki ,brancn-. ( Mr. 'T. W. Kirk said that there had i-Sbeen difficulties m the preparation of ■ governing the registration / itnd inspeotiori of oroh'ards. It was (hoped, however, that- they would soon Jbe framed, and certain diseases would • [then be placed on the sohedule ; The jjilist would bo extended from time to ■'time, and if a nursery were free .from : jthe,diseaßes • speoified a clean certificate •'jwould be given. : i The president emphasised the import/rance of sending only 'disease-free trees ■ to new districts. Messrs'. "Waugh,- Hay, 'and Nai'in, with the president and secretary, Tvere appointed' a deputation, to , jjwait onjthe Prime Minister,.- urging : j-that of the regul'ations;.be,.es- . .'.-y. -• V '. -1 • < y •- -1. : 1 Nomenclature. ■ j On threcommendation of a remit[from the association adopted work on "Native Plants" . tys thefistiindard for nomenclature. ' .■■'■• The conference decided 1 to bring be- : ifore tBe 4 .oPrime Minister a .remit from jAueklaSdyirgine the introduction of the .promiss&'HSonsolidated Orotards; Bill of to—(1) to -protect ■ - raisers':ofrhew varieties of trees, plants, eto.; Sidi'r (2) 'provide for the .setting •up of;~i'>certifying, and nomenclature iboard.r!;-''::, Minimum Prloes. ; • The president reported', in' regard -to' '»notheir'utucklaud remit that, minimum . iprices i'for" apple and rose trees would pserato;;in;;l9l6. The prices fixed were: (Apple |rees, £5 a hundred up-, to 500, •Vind £4-IGs: a hundred thereafter •_roses, - []2s. a'idozen. In accordance.witk a > jphristohuMi remit,''tlie' minimum price. • or.ornamental shrubs, was fixed at Is.' •.'■ 'each: for-Hcdr;e plants, except'harbary, ,hawthorn>jfl2s.,T6d...per (100 fand'ifir.p.er. 100 'for tw<sry'ear. plants:"';'•;'- " •"■-•... : November 1 wasiiscd'as the date for the settlement of "trade,'accomts.'. dele- '. gates • jy-gre taken -round' the nurseries ■of the Hiitt. Yalley. as'the guests of the •'iWellingtori "Councilof! tlie" association, .-iihey vnsited .the nurseries of F. Cooper, iLtd., H. Poole, W. B. Hardy, A. M'Millarii' and Thos. Waugh". At the lastnamed place the visitors were entertained at afternooii - tea. Subsequently a ibrief visit was paid; to that local botanical paradise, Mason's Gardens, at jjjSlio Taita. - .'••■• v interview with the Prime Minister. /i A delegation from' the . conference Wwaited-upon the Prime. Minister last -/evening to put before him a series of ''requests. They .asked that regulations Should be gazetted to for,.the, -inspection and registration of nurseries; jiat a clause: should'b'e .inserted in tha [Consolidating: Bill- in' preparation -mak--ing provision .for the setting up of a Jboard ®of nomenclature; that statutory bo: made for the protection of -,lhe rights --of the propagators of new .varieties;; and thit provision, be made - in the law for the compensation of or. chardists whose stock is destroyed un''der order of an inspector in the same /way;as owners of cattle are now compensated for animals condemned. Mr. Massev promised to give his atitentioji to all the matters brought unjfler. his notice. .