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. Myrtle Nairn is shown on the right in the tomato glasshouse.
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Nairn market garden, College Street
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1920 to circa 1929
- Digitisation ID
- 2010N_Bur341a_3250
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- College Street, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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