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The evolving Butleigh Court Somerset. The previous home of Robert Neville-Grenville who established a cider institute there. This evolved into Long Ashton Research Station. #LARS #cider #Butleigh

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The road to the orchard over the Remutuka Ranges 1916. As seen there are soldiers marching from Featherston camp to Trentham before embarking to serve in Europe , photo curtesy of Richard Bibby and taken by his great grandparent. #remutaka #wairarapa #orchard #WW1 #soldiers

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During the 1950s and 60s The New Zealand Apple and Pear Board distributed apples and pears under the Dominion Brand. There is a poster and Apple crate label graphic designer Joseph Bruno Moran a commercial artist also employed by the NZ Herald. #Apples #advertising #NewZealand

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Moody light over the Tararuas close to Beau Vista orchard late afternoon. Autumn brings glorious colours and sepia tones. #orchard #Wairarapa #Tararua #autumn

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Apples and pears were first introduced into New Zealand in 1819 by the Rev. Samuel Marsden, who planted trees, brought from NSW at Kerikeri, Bay of Islands. In 1835 the Society reported that apples and pears were flourishing on a number of their stations in the North Island.

With prospects of an export market, and a good local demand, apple and pear orchards expanded rapidly from 1910 to 1916 and for several years after the First World War. In 1964 apple orchards covered 8,790 acres; pear, 1,445 acres mainly in Tasman and Hawkes Bay

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Today is ANZAC day in New Zealand. Date date relates to Gallipoli but it’s our date to remember our fallen in all wars. This patriotic poster was from towards the end of WW1 by the New Zealand Fruitgrowers Federation. #apples #WW1 #NewZealand

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The road to the orchard over the Remutuka ranges. Photographer Piers Fuller stuff media. 2023 #orchard #RemutakaRanges #Wairarapa #NewZealand

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Tasman region in north South Island NZ is a major apple and pip fruit growing area established in 1890s. In 1934 the one millionth case of apples to be exported from Mapua wharf was presented to Lord Ernest Rutherford. #apples #NelsonTasman #wharf #Mapua #exports #NewZealand

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A mild autumn has persuaded our medlar tree to re-bloom this autumn. The first of a heavy crop of medlars are just about to fall. We have only had one mild frost so far. You can see one fallen medlar on the ground in the blossom photo. #medlar #autumn #Wairarapa #cider

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In the shade of an oak tree, workers pack apples into wooden cases at Ngatimoti in the lower Motueka River valley, Nelson province with a picket in the orchard behind. 1890s. From this time apple growing increased in scale, and by 1918 rivalled sheep exports with refrigeration ships. #apples #NewZealand #exports

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We’ve had some good sunsets in the orchard over the last few days. Warm weather and wet but not too wet! Managed to plant some more daffodils for the Spring. Cut the grass to help the Shropshire sheep who have just been let back in. It’s still growing well. #sunset #autumn #sheep #ShropshireSheep

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First frost of the autumn air temperature at 4 am 3degrees. Great to feel the apple trees being reset. Bodes well for a good Spring blossom. Glorious day after the sun came up. Big clear skies. #wairarapa #orchard #apples #cider #Tararuaranges #frost

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Archeology at the farm. Telecom has (is) retiring the copper network to the cidery . Not that it was any good before for telephony or ADSL. The line out into the countryside was always getting damaged in a switch box that got flooded and lines crossed. No fibre replacement 😢

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To get the bees ( bumblebee and native solitary ones) excited in Spring we have planted crabapple trees that blossom a little earlier that the cider apple trees. The crab apples hang on later in the autumn and look beautiful in the sun.#apples #crabapples #cider #orchard #bees

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Alcohol sold in NZ has a Health Promotion Agency levy as well as tax. 2.6 cents on a bottle of wine. This raises $11M/yr used to fund the HPA to reduce alcohol-related harm. This is a recent poster campaign. What’s your thoughts? Effective? #alcohol #Harm #levy #Tax #NewZealand

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Here we are. Teepee Cider as seen from the ISS recently by astrophotographer Don Pettit. NASA’s oldest astronaut. Happy 70th birthday next week mate. #cider #orchard #ISS #space #NewZealand #Aotearoa #DonPettit

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Here we are! A photo of Teepee Cider taken from the ISS recently by Don Pettit, and just about to have his 70th Birthday! NASA’s oldest astronaut. #cider #ISS #space #astrophotography #NewZealand