MOTUEKA ORCHARDS.
RAPID INCREASE. THE VARIETIES THAT ARE GROWN. A'gentleman, conversant with the .great fruitgrowing industry of Motueka supplies us with the following interesting particulars concerning it:— Area In Fruit Tree's. ~ . Age. Acres. Over 4 years ... ... ... 1,233; ■'*'• : Under 4 years ... ... ... 409.',.'; . Current year's planting ... 590 , ( Total '.... 2,232 The Chief Varieties. , The following are the varieties of pippin fruits principally grown:— \., ■ ; ■ Apples. Dessert. ' ' ■ Cooking. • Jonathan,'- .•'la .il^ Cox's Orange Epps's Seedling , . Sturmer Lord Wolseley Russet ; - Glory of South Nonpareil , Nelson Beauty . /. .Boston Cambridge Pippin " Dougherty . Delicious (new) ■:' ■ '•/Canning. Five Crown . Munroo's Favourite- ' P fi ars. ■ • '■ - " Dessert. • .Winter Cole William's B. Chretien .Jargonelle. , ; ..Winter Nelis Beurre Box ' Josephine de Malines V ■; Cooking. . ■ I , Vicar of- Winkfield , In addition to these fruits, ' there, ■ aro, large areas of peaches, some plums and .other fruits, grown for 'dessert and canning. During the present planting ■ season 80 < tons measurement (40. cubic feet to the.; ton)' of young fruit trees reached' the - district for.-l planting. . , ' ■ j
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 308, 22 September 1908, Page 5
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