More Info →Manawatu Vineries, College Street

Description

John Nairn established his market garden business at the end of College Street, as it was then, in 1893. In all, seven glass houses and other buildings were built over the years. The family business largely grew tomatoes, cucumbers and grapes. The business was demolished in 1958, to make way for residential growth in the Awapuni area. The photograph shows the cucumber house, looking through into the Vinery. Originally the cucumbers were grown in a bench system but later changed to pit method c1908.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Bur 338

Date

circa 1898

Digitisation ID

2010N_Bur338_3253

Held In

Coolstore