NURSERY CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2987, 26 January 1917, Page 8

NURSERY CONFERENCE

BUSINESS ENDED. Tho Nurserymen's Association concluded its confcrence in AVellington yes.terday, Tlio now presidont, Mr. Thomas ,"Waugk, was in tho chair. . Mr. T. Horton, retiring president, •was tendered a hearty vote of thanks for the work; he'had'done for tho association during his term of office. On behalf of tho executive, Mr. G. 'A. Green (Auckland)'moved: "That the exooutive recommend all member? to i froiji auction sales." Mr. Hicka (Tikorangi) seconded the motion, which was carried, i It was decided that a new type of •apple raised by Mr. Buckton, a North •Auckland grower, should be k'riown as tho "Brighton." Tho executive was instructed to go into the question of the revision of the .constitution, afnd report to nest con'ference. . Registration of Nurseries. < ; A motion was introduced advocating that where two nurseries under the .one ownership wero close together, .there should only be one registration -fee, but after an explanation b\L tho Directot of Horticulture it was agreed . ' 'to leave the matter to the discretion of the Department. A resolution was agreed to favouring , "tho idea that at auction sales of nur- "" . .sery stock the names of the growers .should: be (stated. It was resolved: "That this confer- : / ence strongly -protests against tho Gov•ernment allowing the picking over of consignments previously condemned as"containing diseased trees." ' A proposal was made that the next t "conference should be held in Christchurch. Most members considered Wellington tho most suitable place, but- Christchufch was decided on in order to endeavour to create interest there. ■ After the War. Mrfb. Hay (Auckland) read a paper •. prepared by Mr. G. A. Green (Auckland) on "After-war Conditions in tho Nursery Trade," in wliioh.it was poirit•ed out that at the present time we are not producing anything like the amount of stock'in-the leading lines.! "We can!learn a big lesson from organisation methods, and by applying them to tho requirements of our trade can make ■ the business of very much more value to ourselves individually and to the country nationally than it . is to-day. Take the one line of fruit 'trees alone. The Hon. tho Minister of tells us that during the' .-.last eight years some 19,000 acres have •been planted as commercial orchards, ■and this is only a start. In all probability there mil be 100,000 acres planted during the next: ten years. .* '. > Our-present systems, of long .credit and laxity in office arrangements must give place to the most • modern methods —short credits, prompt payments—in short, bringing our business "up to the standard of,modern commer- / cialism." In a paper on "Some Essential Elenients of Su'ccess'in the.Nursery'Business," Mr. G. A. Green advocated an . improvement in commercial methods. ■■ - Messrs. Green and Hay were thanked, for their papers.; ■ . ■ .