FRUIT-GROWERS’ CONFERENCE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2651, 5 November 1909, Page 7

FRUIT-GROWERS’ CONFERENCE.

REQUESTS' TO GOVERNMENT

[Pun PnusH Association.] WELLINGTON, Nov. 4. The Fruitgrowers’ Conference resolved that the Government be requested to allow the importation of German owls as an antidote to the small birds’ nuisance; that a deputation wait on the shipping companies, suggesting improveed methods of handling fruit; that the Government be asked to provide sufficient ventilated cars for the proper carriage of fruit, and that it be given preference of despatch over non-perishable goods; that thorn hedges within five chains of growing orchards should come under the Orchards and Garden Pests Act; that registration of orchards from one tree upwards should be compulsory; that all fruits should be sold under a registered brand, provided the registration does not cost more than ss; that inspectors should have a definite and more limited area than at present, and that for the better enforcement- of the Act members of Fruitgrowers’ Associations should be asked to give inspectors, either directlv or through their secretaries, every assistance in carrying out the work. The uniformity of fruit cases was discussed at the conference, and it was finally decided that the standard case should be the “dump” case adopted by the Australian Governments. It was also resolved that no second-hand cases should be used' for the sale of fruit in the public market.