WILLING TON: One of the North Island’s most diverse boutique orchards encompassing blueberry, raspberry and avocado production operations has been placed on the market for sale.
Tomo Orchard at Pukenui near Houhora in the Far North, is an intensive 6.2ha horticultural venture growing blueberries under 10,000sq m of fully-enclosed framed canopies and 8000sq m of covered netting.
The horticultural operation encompassing freehold land, business, chattels and buildings at 97A Burnage Rd will go to auction at 1pm on April 26 through Bayleys Kerikeri.
Salesperson Vinni Bhula says production records for Tomo Orchard show ever-increasing tonnage for the plantation. In the 2016 season, the business produced 1177 trays of blueberries, increasing to 3210 trays of blueberries in the 2017 crop, 6250 trays in the 2018 harvest, and with a forecast to deliver 9200 trays of blueberries from next year’s pickings.
