In a letter dated 19 April 1665, Van Riebeeck wrote that the Cape weather was not so good for vegetable production the previous year, but the wine was successful and thirty apples were picked from six trees and two pears.
Encwadini etlolwe ngelanga lange-19 kusiHlabantangana 1665, u-Van Riebeeck watlola bona ubujamo bezulu be-Kapa bebungasibuhle ekuthengi kungatjalwa umkhiqizo wemirorho ngonyaka ogadungileko, kodwana "iwayini yaba yipumelelo "begodu..." ama-abhula amatjhumi amathathu akhiwa emithini esithandathu, namapiyere amabili."