Ardgour Orchards, Valley Orchards GP Ltd and Ardgour Valley Orchards LP went into liquidation in early August, although details were scant on why.
The orchards had been situated on part of Ardgour Station, near Tarras.
The sale consisted of a 48ha property with 11.94ha of cherry trees, which were fully bird-netted, and 22.83ha of apricots.
The sale also included an irrigation system, three frost-fighting machines and a large eight-bay 480sq m packing shed.
Liquidators Diana Matchett and Colin Gower, of BDO in Christchurch, had been appointed liquidators.
The trees for the orchard were planted in 2020 and last summer the apricot trees produced about half of the new summer apricot varieties in the country.
The orchard had 15,000 apricot trees and 15,200 cherry trees.
Their website, which appeared to no longer be available, had previously said upwards of 200 people worked at the orchard in peak times.
It was unclear if the orchard was presently operational.
The liquidation decision was made by the special resolution of the shareholders on August 10.
Ardgour Station was sold to Santana Minerals for gold mine operations on the Rise and Shine claim. However, the 38ha where the trees were situated was not part of that sale.
Bruce and Linda Jolly sold the land, which had been in the family for 70 years, for $25 million to the mining company.
The orchard was started by the Jollys along with Ross and Sharon Kirk. It
was owned by a group of 15 shareholders and run by a management team, according to their website.
The Jollys and a company linked to the Kirks have more than 75% of the shares in Ardgour Valley Orchards GP.
BDO did not reply to a request for a first report on the liquidation.
