Riverside Cherries hopeful of good Christmas harvest, despite Cyclone Gabrielle
In February, Cyclone Gabrielle caused the Ngaruroro River in the eastern North Island to burst its banks. Consequently, it smashed through Riverside Cherries’ 10-hectare apple orchard, also affecting 7 hectares of cherry trees. The Twyford business lost all the apple trees and half a hectare of cherries.
Owner Jerf van Beek: “We were completely smashed. What we lost, we
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