FRUIT FOR OVERSEAS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 761, 6 September 1929, Page 10

FRUIT FOR OVERSEAS

EXPORTERS CONFER NEW MARKETS DISCUSSED Pres* Association WELLINGTON. Thursday. A conference of fruitgrowers and representatives of the Control Board was held today and discussed new markets for New Zealand fruit, shipments fox* consumption overseas and other aspects relating- to fruit exports from Xew Zealand. The chairman of the Fruit Control Board, Mr. J. L. Brown, presided, and delegates were present from all parts of the DominRemits were carried urging that the fullest investigations be made Into the discrepancies which occur between actual shipments by growers and the out-turn at the destination, and also into the methc d of claiming on such shortages and the amounts claimed for, with particular reference to the final statements of shortage in' the pools for the 192 S season. The meeting- asked the Control Board to report on the possibility of simplifying the labelling and marking of It was decided to draw the board’s attention to the recurring loss shown on account sales by cases shown as wasty, pillaged, slack and sample, and to ask the board if it could suggest a remedy. It was also recommended that the overseas representative of the Control Boai'd be asked to report on the condition and appearance of fruit at its destination, particularly in regard to pack, cases and labels, the report to be available previous to the annual export conference. COOL STORE FOR SURPLUSES The meeting decided that should a i surplus of export fruit accumulate due j to shipping not being available the : board should make arrangements with i local cool stores to store fruit until the surplus had been cleared, the surplus ' mentioned being fruit stored in open | sheds in Wellington. In view of the fact that sliced apples | in export cases were one of the direct ! causes of expenses in reconditioning ! at Wellington, deterioration of fruit, i loss of weight a package owing to the removal of damaged fruit not replaced and deterioration in general appearance oi the case by mould and reconditioning. it was agreed that the j field officers and inspectors of -the hor- j ticulture division, packing shed man- ! agers and growers generally should be ! urged to impress upon packers the j necessity of putting up a pack iri a 1 manner that would prevent such damage. The advisability of shipping overseas : the bulk of the Xelson fruit crop direct from Xelson was brought up by Mr. J. Dicker (Xelson), who said the Xelson growers were - losing money through shipping their fi*uit via Wellington. 1 The conference passed a resolution supporting the principle of local loading of ' export fruit wherever possible and'recommending the matter to the Control Board for favourable considers*.The action of the Control Board in seeking' to prevent tire export easiness j from passing into the hands of private j interests was confirmed by the confer- ! T lie shipping of export fruit in the rotation in which it was received v.asi recommended without discussion. ' A remit was carried asking that steps be taken to eliminate rough ■ handling of expert fruit in Welling! on i and other places. Reference was made to the glutted ' ?iate of the local pear market ar.d tli- I control Board was urged to sock loi i further outlets for the sale of pars. A recommendation that experimental i shipments of apples and pears other! man the varieties and sizes scheduled i n the Government regulations be for- I warned to the United Kingdom the.untinfru of Europe, South America. 1 s..una.dci and other possible new narkets was carried. H was decided to hold an export conference annually.