Back Issues: When West End was ripe for the picking
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- Description
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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Horticulture was once an important industry in the West End suburb. Three nurseries that no longer exist in 2025 were prominant. First was the Botanical Nurseries owned by the Just family. John Nairn (1863-1943) established Manawatū Vineries. The third prominant horticultarist was Frederick Jordan Melhuish (1910-1970). Street names in West End commemorate the early horticultarists.
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- Content type
- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- April 12, 2025
- Digitisation id
- 2025Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_043421
- Format
- Born Digital
- Held in
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- Russell Poole
- Place
- Palmerston North
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