Celebrate the classic Granny
More than 140 years ago, Maria Ann Smith ‘accidently’ created one of Australia’s most perpetually popular apple varieties on her farm in Ryde, New South Wales. Maria was an early settler in New South Wales, and like a lot of her European neighbours, her and her husband Thomas were orchardists, and grew their..... 0 comments


Argentinian and Chilean pipfruit available by Fruttital Distribuzione
For its SH top fruit special, FreshPlaza has interviewed Gilberto Rossi of Italian company Fruttital Distribuzione, which is busy at the moment with apple and pear imports from Argentina and Chile.In 2008 GF Group Spa, which is the controlling group of Fruttital Distribuzione, acquired two Argentinian fruit..... 0 comments

'Climate changes cause new production challenges'
R.S.A.: Fruits Unlimited is intending to grow in pears
Within the wide range of the South African fruit exporters there are some companies which are dedicated to a specific activity. Fruits Unlimited is focused to control the chain where they can. Fruits Unlimited is an exporter who specialise in the export of top quality South African fruit. Founded in 2001,..... 0 comments

NZ apple industry attributes fundamental improvements to Pacific workers
New Zealand’s apple industry says the several thousand seasonal labourers brought in from the Pacific to work in the country’s orchards have had a very positive impact on one of the best-quality crops the industry has ever produced.The website, Freshinfo, says the short term seasonal labourers have improved..... 0 comments

New Zealand orchardists develop apple variety to be jealous of
New Zealand orchardists are picking they have a world-beating apple on their hands.The new variety survives for many hours longer than other apples without turning brown when cut.The super-apple is called "Envy" – and that's likely to be the reaction from growers around the world.Envy is proving extremely..... 0 comments

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From Argentina (Secretaría de Fruticultura)
Evolution in the price of the pear and apple in Europe
Considering the import prices published in our newsletter since the beginning of the season until the week of the 13th (end of March) for the markets of Holland and Germany, we present a brief analysis of prices for the Williams pear, in a box of 15 Kg. sizes 56 to 100, and the Royal Gala apple, box of 18 kg..... 0 comments


eve™ Packing Commences
The first export packing of the very successful eve™ brand of apples for the 2009 season has commenced this week with Heartland Fruit NZ Ltd, based in Nelson, NZ. eve™ is a sweet tangy apple with a superb white flesh contrasting with a bright red skin which produces a crisp, crunchy, flavourful, firm fruit..... 0 comments

a number of new cultivars are developing
RSA: Tru-Cape Marketing supports growers with scientific and technical advice
Tru-Cape Marketing, was launched in 2001 to distribute and market the fruit of South Africa’s leading deciduous fruit growers , ( 140 farms covering approx 6000 ha) . Most of Tru-Cape’s fruit is grown in the southern fertile valleys of South Africa, in the Western Cape (around Elgin, Grabouw &..... 1 comments


South Africa: fotoreport about Qualifresh apple harvest
A delegation of Italian fruit producers from Piedmont (North Italy) visited South Africa in February. For ten days, the Italian visitors have had the chance to get to know more about fruit orchards, processing and packaging plants, research and development facilities.Click here to look at the..... 2 comments


We believe the trend applies to “U.S. Grown"
Rainier Fruit’s focus is ‘growing own food’.
Rainier Fruit, one of the largest growers of fresh apples, pears and cherries in the United States which has historically been focused on growing it's own product.” Says Suzanne Wolter, Marketing director of Rainier Fruit Company. “We feel we have much better control of the quality of fruit produced in our..... 0 comments


Enza Cox and Enza Royal Gala available again
Enzafruit will start the new New Zealand season on Monday 6th of April when the first vesselthe "Hawk Bay" will arrive. More than 4,500 pallets with mainly Enza Cox and Enzo Royal Gala are on board. The New Zealand 2009 seasonpromises apples of a first class quality. Some storage companies even..... 0 comments


Uruguay:
FRUTEC s.r.l. received certification GlobalGAP
The company FRUTEC s.r.l. received last February GlobalGap Certification by the SGS certification of Uruguay.With this certification, the company is complying with a quality management system that aims to integrate the standards and procedures for the development of good agricultural practices.This..... 0 comments

SA: Stormberg apples available shortly
Based on the success of a grower cultivating apples in the Stormberg District of the North Eastern Cape Province, this area may well become one of the most important growth areas of this fruit.Molteno could become one of the more important areas of the country for the cultivation of apples. Not only is the..... 0 comments

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Start of Chilean pipfruit season by Italian Rivoira Group
The Italian company Rivoira from Verzuolo is one of the main fruit companies in Piedmont. Rivoira has been a pioneer in technological innovation for the fruit sector. In 1951, for example, Michele Rivoira was the first to introduce cold rooms for fruit storage, an innovation that all the other fruit..... 0 comments

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