GREYTOWN FRUIT FOR ENGLAND.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1101, 13 April 1911, Page 8

GREYTOWN FRUIT FOR ENGLAND.

■ TO BE FREELY .'EXHIBITED.' A .consignment of apples and pears from ths-orchards of Mr. U\ A. Tate, of Greytown, is .being prepared for the -International Exhibition in.- England,. according to a correspondent who sends the; following;- ■.-■■■ 'i'ho writer visited the. orchard of llr. W. A. Tate, at Kuratawhiti, and found Mr. Tnte and his assistants, with Mr. ■Cottage (Government Fruit Export) all hard at. work making'boxes,' the size, of which is BSin. x 7 x IS (half a bushel), and sorting the fruit ready for packing in wood wool. Mr. Tate explained that lie is sending n quantity of fruit (apples and pears) to the International Exhibition, to bp held in England. A number of cases \ril| be exhibited at tlie-various winter shows throughout Xew Zealand. The , Government Department, I understand, take? charge of the exhibits, so -as to advertise New Zealand-grown fruit. Mr. Cottage is taking soma thirty cases for exhibuiiyri ■ - ' . The apples are Jonathans, Cleopatra, •and Stunner Pippin. The pears are winter Cole, winter Nelis, Beaiire Did, P. ■Barry,, and Vicar Wingfiekl. The, Department will, of course, have fruits from' other parts of the Dominion, but ■Mr. Tate's will. I understand, ■' be the principal exhibits, and -no . doubt. the. quality is excellent, and does great credit to the' grower. • . Mr.. Tate is a great believer in plenty of shelter, and he has adopted the poplar for this purpose, and by judicious pruning each season.-.ha'lias made-them stool out: and form a valuable.break-wind. Exports have .'e.ipressed, wonder at' the growth shown in three years. . Some" of the trees havo made as much as 12 feet growth, in one season. There is about 200 chains of poplars, all well placed , for the prevailing winds.