DOMINION FRUIT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2767, 10 May 1916, Page 6

DOMINION FRUIT

A FINE EXHIBITION PATRIOTIC SHOW AT TOWN HALL TEE PRIZE LIST vvS at 4 clai 'ued to be the finest exmmtion of apples ever made in New Zealand was formally opened at the Town Hall yesterday afternan. The exhibition Pn,if Jl en ar ?\ n ,S«l by the New Zealand m„c», B s°r ere and is very rePieseutative of New Zealand apples The !„?b m"™ n °rtli and the colder Tin ;, H - Wl?es Nelson - and so on! lho provincial stalls are very well filled and excellently got up. The net proceeds Hawkcs Bay shows app es, persimmons avocado pears, lemons, oranges, ,™S canned fruit sauces, and jams ' Besides apples, Nelson has on exhibition lemons, tomatoes, pears, fi K „ granates, passion fn.it, nutsMrf apples, canned fruit, jellies; prSes fit^T 3 ' Kirk F?trick' a h'avet ver; hnc trophy upon which is mounted a S variety of preserves. """""Monica Otago has come forward with' a good varietj of exhibits. The stall is verv It "actively arranged. ° Th ß «hn by K Ministl!r of Agriculture." ktev J xh i lbl . tlt> " ™ S opened by the Minof Agriculture the Hon. W D s MacDonaM) The Mjji* of Wefibgton ter \»j •, £, e) Produced the Ministh« an , d .^?. lil tlla t « the public visitel one JnrJL e hl } u l e <* {he industry' If wVK««.tt»t,the. e xhibilion New Zealand and U 0 ffiade in creditf„ 11r and he wished togiveevervcredit to those who were responsible for msmm tan a month or six weeks ago ' tie Print growers Association had not contZ Plated holding this national show but they had made a great thf future. He predatedI that Ti lev"wouM WM 6Ve u D i ore , space thi "> the Town Hall would afford for the next exhibition ™/? pe t , tlat i h . e sh ™ ™uJd tXweT and he believed it would. As illustrat m the growth of the fruit industry Mr Macdonald said,that eight years aT O The area under orchards was 28,000 acreV and now ,t ,vas 45,000 acres. Then," the™ - port of fruit was 12,000 cases; now it was 68,168 cases. The industry y4 ri B ht on the move and when the pelple slw this splendid exhibition tfiey would realise that it was worthy of the suppo t nL B , j 0 ™! 1 " 0 "; , B>=.Predecessors in. office had advocated support for the industry; and they could rely on the .present Minister to give them his support. A great deal needed doing. This was one of the most delicate of industries, so it needed careful handling; also, its markets had yet to be organised. He had been asked to introduce to Parliament this session a Bill dealing with the industry, but this 1 year very little legislation, except such as bore on the war, would be brought down. However, tho rough copy of the Orchards Tax Bill had been drafted for introduction, and it would be submitted to the Fruitgrowers': Conference. J. lie. Government realised that notwithstanding the war the internal industries of the country must be kept going as far as possible, especially the food-supplying industries. ■ Mr. Mac Donald complimented the promoters of the- exhibition on their decision to devote the net profits to patriotic funds, and he then declared the exhibition open. __lfr. J. Longtoh, managing director of the association thanked the Minister for his references to the industry and to the exhibition. He remarked that a woman, who had been at the Panama Exposition, called at the Town Hall that.day, and expressed, the opinion'that New Zealand's present exhibition of fruit was quite the equal of that;made by the Canadians at the. big American event. ' The Awards. .

Awards have been made as follow:— : Apples. ... Collection of .Apples (unlimited), named varieties, distinct, five fruits of each, T. Horton, 1. Apples, not more than 2-4 varieties, five fruits each, E. BJakeway, 1. Apples, not more than, 12- varieties, desfive fruits each, A. P.. Allport, 1; A. 'B. Hall, 2. Apples, not more than li varieties, dessert, live fruits each, Waight and Sons, 1; J. Swann; 2. Apples, not more-than 8 varieties, culinary, five fruits eachj J. Swann, 1. Apples, not more than 1 variety, dessert, hve fruits each, W. Simckelland W. Rhodes, 1. Apples, not more than 1 variety, culinary, five fruits each, A. P. Allport, 1; A. M. Robertson; 2. Apples, Cox's Orange Pippin, live fruits, L. Duncan, 1; A. li. Hall, 2. ; Apples, Jonathan,' live fruits, L. Duncan, 1; A. P. Allport, 2. Apples, Delicious, five fruits, W. A. G. Bnggs, 1 and 2. Apples, Cleopatra, five fruits each, Ai P. Allport, 1; W. Menzies, 2. Apples, Dunn's favourite, five fruits, P. J. Maguire, 1; W. Sunckell, 2. Apples,' Rome Beauty, five fruits, H. Moon, 1; G. Stevenson, 2. Apples, Stunner, five fruits,.Waight and Sons, I;'A. B. Hall, 2. Apples, Reinette du Canada, five fruits, W. Menzies, 1; A. P. Allport, 2. Apples, Lord Wolseley, ' five fruits, "W. Jury; 1; C. Low, 2. Apples, Ballarat, five fruits, J. R. Baker, 1; F. Washburn, 2. Apples, one case Jonathan, packed for-ex-port, Government standard case, Nelson Fruitgrowers' Association, 1 and, 2. Apples, one. case Jonathan, packed for export, local market, unwrapped, Government, standard case, L. Duncan, 1; W. Smith, 2. Apples, one case Ballarat, packed' for export, local market, 'miwrapped, Government standard case, Hawke's Bay Association, 1; — Jones, 2. Apples, one case desserts, packed for export, local, market, unwrapped, Government standard case, Thome Bros., 1; P. Beecroft (Port Albert), 2. Apples, one case culinary, packed for export, local market, unwrapped, Government standard I case, A. M. Robertson, 1; L. Falconer, 2. i Apples, six cases, packed for export, Gov- 1 eminent standard case, Nelson Association, 1; P. Beecroft, 2. Apples, six cases packed for export, local market, Government standard case, F. Sissou and Nelson Association, 1. Pears, Etc. ' .j

Collection of .pears, named, five fruits of each, E. Blakevay, 1. ■ Collection of pears, named, fivo fruits of each, 12 varieties, S. F. Fitch,- lj T. York, 2. Collection of pears, named, five fruits of each, 6 varieties, ]?. Sisson, 1; S. F. Fitch, 2. Five dessert pears, B. T. Turner, 1; K. Lunt, 2. Five culinary pears, A. Davidson, 1 and 2. Six cases pears, unwrapped (packed), any variety, Hawke's Bay Fruit Company, 1. One case pears, unwrapipd (packed), any variety, Hawke's Bay Fruit Company, 1; A. M. Robertson, 2. Lemons, J. G. Kay, 1. Ono case lemons, Mayfield and Co. Five oranges, J. G. Kay, 1. Fivo quinces, W. IT. Campbell, 1. Half-bushel walnuts, A. Davidson,. 1. Dish persimmons, J. G. Kay, 1. Grapes, two bunches, ono variety, A; Johnston, 1. Case of tomatoes, J. 'S. Brassell, 1. Collection of canned, bottled, and preserved fruit, Mayfield and Co., 1. Best collection and display of .honey, Capt. .T. C. Coopor, 1. Best case of honey ready for export, R. ". H. Nicholas, 1. Teaches, J. L. Bennett, 1.