These women are picking berries from raspberry canes on a Greytown berry farm. Raspberries require a cold winter for good fruit production, and are mainly grown in the South Island, with smaller quantities in the southern North Island, around Greytown and Levin.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)
Reference:
PAColl-8983-32
Photograph by D. Pickard
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