EXPORTING FRUIT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 706, 4 July 1929, Page 10

EXPORTING FRUIT

PROBLEMS FOR GROWERS SUGGESTIONS AT CONFERENCE Press Association WELLINGTON. Today. The fact that steady progress was being made in regard to the marketing of fruit for export was stressed by Mr. T. C. Brash, president of the New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation, at the annual conference, which opened at Wellington yesterday. He said the industry had wisely decided some years ago that a high standard should be set, and. in spite of occasional cases of hardship caused thereby, the standard is being maintained. Dealing with cool storage, he said: “Cool storage is probably the most difficult problem to solve. At Auckland satisfactory arrangements had been made, but in Wellington, where the major portion of our shipments were centralised, the position was not satisfactory. Whatever may be the case in connection with the storage of other primary products, the place for precooling fruit is on the waterfront, where overseas steamers are loaded direct. The Wellington Harbour Board has, under arrangement with the Fruit Board, provided a certain amount of cool storage space. “Eventually, cool storage will be necessary at other ports, such as Nelson, Lyttelton, and Dunedin,” said Mr. Brash. “At some of these places we believe satisfactory arrangements could be made with stores already in existence. lam of the opinion that stores large enough to meet the export position are not an economic proposition is used for fruit only.”