KEEPER OF KING'S VINE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 182, 22 October 1927, Page 26 (Supplement)

KEEPER OF KING'S VINE

SIXTY YEARS OF SERVICE tu?esru t e ed S ; n o«rrn°U t , h n*d s r S, G E,C - Park IS the King’s Vine wh^k'* 1 E°u n rope red ° ne ° f * he ' Wst The vinery is in a little hollow . tween Cumberland Lodse Royal Schools, surrounded bv oaks. !ir trees and bracken cars are allowed on the road's pricing to it. but horse carts ; re nerl?^ 0 ' and may be hired at Windsor bJIL* 4 tl ' rs who wish to see the vine 'wkf' is open lor public inspection ’ A ’’Daily Mail” reporter, who visit-, the vinery, was met at the gate bv Ik ' ine-keeper. Mr. a. Stvles 5 wh„ ■ UI “ been for over 60 years in roll? vice, and has passed his SOth bi^! Tons of Grapes Mr. Styles for the past 30 vears v, been the Keeper of the Kings •v and in that time he bus cut AiSv bunches, about 60.0001 b. of grapes' Vj has now been relieved of the task ♦ personally tending the vine. " K Ho takes a great pride in the vin. front which at present hang i bunches of black Hamburg graces vStvles pointed out that the giant f* still growing. “As you see.” he said, “young shoot* are growing out of the old stem, and the vine is in a wonderfully healthy condition. It has to be carefully tended all the year round, and the vinery is kept at a certain temperai ture. “The grapes will be ready for cutting in a week or so’s time. The bunche' : average about 41b. or 51b.. but we hav known them to turn the scale at 6lb A number of bunches are sent fO- - King’s table, but a great many c. to hospitals and St. Dunstan’s Host for Blinded Soldiers.