FRUIT TREE SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 107, 30 January 1919, Page 8

FRUIT TREE SALES

POSITION OF NURSERYMEN. 'The opposition of tlie.eales agreement with the .Fruitgrowers' Federation has not been any better during IMS than it was in 1917," stated the report-of the sales committee of the New Zealand Association of .Nurserymen, presented to tho/nnnual conference of the association yesterday. •' "Thorp is littlo or no trade through the federation, though the fruit tree .nurserymen have, placed their stocke .at the disposal of the, federation. In the uutuimi the question- of a joint circular was discussed, but this was held over till May, when I he, fruitgrowers' annual conference wne-held. Shortly after this the president'.of thc> federation wrote, suggesting that u new agreement be made, and a sole agency for the association's fruit-tree trade given to the federation, (his to operate immediately. It was decided* that owing to tho lateness of the season and the shortage of labour the matter must bo held over till spring! Tho epidemic then inter-fered-with-the, meeting, , which rt'os held on December 20, in Wellington. We advise the conference to leave this matter as .it is unless the, federation again approach the. nurserymen in the matter. Meantime an effort should be. made to stimulate sales by every means possible, and'to this end we suggest a careful consideration of the methods being adopted in other lands, and by other bodies in this country." The report was adopted.