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Story: Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. History

  3. Commercial production

  4. The summerfruit industry

  5. Exports and imports

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - History

Mid-19th century peach gardens

Mid-19th century peach gardens

Golden Queen peaches

Golden Queen peaches

Goldmine nectarines

Goldmine nectarines

Black Doris plums

Black Doris plums (1st of 2)

Fortune plums

Fortune plums (2nd of 2)

Sugared plum blossoms

Sugared plum blossoms

From page 2 - Commercial production

Frozen flowers

Frozen flowers

Coconut Ice peach

Coconut Ice peach

Cromwell sculpture

Cromwell sculpture (1st of 3)

Earnscleugh orchards

Earnscleugh orchards (2nd of 3)

Clutha Star apricots

Clutha Star apricots (3rd of 3)

Packing cherries

Packing cherries

Processing peaches

Processing peaches (1st of 3)

Wattie’s peaches label

Wattie’s peaches label (2nd of 3)

Drying apricots

Drying apricots (3rd of 3)

From page 3 - The summerfruit industry

Hectares planted in stone fruit, 2007

Hectares planted in stone fruit, 2007

Annabelle White

Annabelle White

Rain damages cherries

Rain damages cherries

From page 4 - Exports and imports

Apricot exports

Apricot exports

Cherry exports to Japan

Cherry exports to Japan

How to cite this page:

Marie Dawkins, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/stone-fruit-and-the-summerfruit-industry/media (accessed 26 February 2021)

Story by Marie Dawkins, published 24 Nov 2008

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