Tiny perry pears. A wilding but good tannins. Even at harvest they are still tiny and spherical. I call this one Carterton as the original tree is still growing in the area and looks over a hundred years old and neglected. I grafted it on a few years ago. A few more years and I will be able to make a SV perry from it! Maybe tilting at windmills at my age!😉 #perry #pears #pearcider #orchard
And just like that, with some decent weather (well for apple trees 😉) and the Kingston Black cider apple blossom is starting. #cider #apple #orchard #blossom #NewZealand
And just like that the buds on our large established perry pear trees have bust open. ( right before a polar blast expected though today!) #perry #cider #orchard #Spring #NewZealand
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New Dyer’s Pass perry pear tree coming on stream this year. 4 years after top grafting. Great to have more pears in the harvest. Can make more single variety perry. I have to say it’s sublime. But last year only had enough pears to make 110 litres. . #pear #perry #orchard #grafting #blossom.
I love the apple and perry orchard at this time of the year. The small but sure incremental visible steps that reflect the ongoing bud development that has been occurring for weeks and now accelerating towards blossom time. These are the buds on our Dyer’s Pass perry pear today. #orchard #perry #pear #wairarapa #NZ
Cold weather has settled in again. Frosts at night brilliant sunny days. Hopefully for not to much longer as the early pears are in blossom #spring #wairarapa #orchard
My favourite view in the Wairarapa plains, over Beau Bista orchard ( just out of sight) towards the Tararua ranges. Snow capped at present. The cold is really noticeable at present, see the frost on the grass. This pond was created to provide sanctuary for relocated native fish due to civil works nearby and is quite an attraction to birds and wildlife. #orchard #conservation #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Tararuas #wairarapa
Teepee Cider is honoured to be included in Adam’s new book on Perry. We are traditional to the core. Nga mihi Adam. #perry #aotearoa #newzealand #books
First snow on the Tararua ranges behind Beau Vista Orchard and TeePee Cider. Chilly start again to the day. #cidery #orchard #tararuaranges #Wairarapa #taratahi
Cold weather in New Zealand from a polar blast. -2C at the orchard. Excellent for orchard management, pest control, re setting the apple buds etc. the sheep are all rugged up in their wool. I will work in the cool cider cave ( 10C seems positively balmy!) #cider #orchard #apples
Yarlington Mill basking in the sunshine. Ready for picking soon. We will get a barrel of these with a little extra acid from Royal Wilding. #apples #cider #orchard #wairarapa #carterton #Aotearoa #NewZealand
Looking south along High Street in Carterton, taken by Melve King during a flood in 1924. Carterton is our closest town and on the same alluvial plain as TeePee Cider. The risks to the town from flooding have been reduced by flood protection measures. #wairarapa #carterton
The Yarlington Mill apples are colouring up nicely. The long sunny hot summer is working its magic. #cider #YarlingtonMill
It’s dry in the Wairarapa Aotearoa N/Z. El Niño has kicked in eventually. Harvest time just around the corner. First perry pears are dropping. It’s going to be a small but good harvest. The SGs are well up and flavour good. 😊#cider #perry #apples #pears #orchard #carterton
Been a hot day at the orchard and cidery. Working on a new area for apple pressing. #cidery #teepeecider #apples #aotearoa #carterton #dalefield #taratahi #wairarapa
18 weeks from blossom for these perry pears. The boughs of the tree are bending! #perry #pears #taratahi #wairarapa #carterton #dalefield #aotearoa #orchard
