HAWKE'S'BAY VINE GROWING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 791, 14 April 1910, Page 8

HAWKE'S'BAY VINE GROWING.

". ;. TE MATA'S OUTPUT. ; -" \ ;';\ [To 4he"Bditorj ;'•'•;'■:.':-•'■', farming and commercial columns, of April.B, I note,a paragraph re the extent'of operations-at. Te. Mata' .Vineyard, • Havelock' North.V'Tou'r • informant gives a -TCry-'inadequate- idea-; of. tho said .'operations, A as-; from twelve 'to eighteen .pickers . have.'- been 7 , employed since March 11, and:'the'vintage will probably' last; till April'SO.' Jn regard to the i20l)-gallon, 'cask': 'mentioned as being, installed,-I beg-to 1 say that ten casks, varying from 1100 to, 1200 gallonscapacity have, been .installed' in, a . hew brick and' concrete cellar, this year,.' I might also mention that last- year 20 casks, varying.- from 0(10 to 750'.gallons capacity",'"were.; installed in a brick cellar. The To. Mata cellar contain at the. present timo about dO.OOO gallons" of maturing-'.ami 'matured vines'. Possibly tho. above will give your .readers some idea of the extent of the . viiiciiHural industry -. at To. Mata. While on. this topic, 1 would- like to say that in -your, report of. tho prizewinners in.ths wine 1 . slaves'., at the Hawke's- Bay A. ami. P. Society's Autumn Show,.you credit, the Mata vineyard, with all the" iirst prizes, instead of Te Mata vinevard.'—l am, etc., . ' ~'■•• '■-.T:--.O..'.CKiVTKE;-. : .. . Manager. Te Mata ■ Vineyard, Havelock•North. April 11,: WO.' •' ■' •