Story: Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry All images & media From page 1 – History Mid-19th century peach gardens Golden Queen peaches Goldmine nectarines Black Doris plums (1st of 2) Fortune plums (2nd of 2) Sugared plum blossoms From page 2 – Commercial production Frozen flowers Coconut Ice peach Cromwell sculpture (1st of 3) Earnscleugh orchards (2nd of 3) Clutha Star apricots (3rd of 3) Packing cherries Processing peaches (1st of 3) Wattie’s peaches label (2nd of 3) Drying apricots (3rd of 3) From page 3 – The summerfruit industry Hectares planted in stone fruit, 2007 Annabelle White Rain damages cherries From page 4 – Exports and imports Apricot exports Cherry exports to Japan
