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Nelson tomato grower

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Nelson tomato grower

Greenhouse tomatoes have been commercially grown in Nelson since the 1870s. John Ewers has 4 hectares growing greenhouse tomatoes, and exports much of his crop to Australia between October and February.

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Nelson Mail

Reference: 5 June 2008

by Patrick Hamilton

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Maggy Wassilieff, Market gardens and production nurseries – Covered vegetable crops, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20017/nelson-tomato-grower (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.