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Global Focus — Top Fruit

Only Northern Europe prefers smaller fruits

Italy: Big apples are getting more popular abroad

The international markets are demanding increasingly bigger grades. There are some exceptions but "there are only a few countries that prefer medium-small 60 to 75 mm fruits, like for example Great Britain and Scandinavia in general," explains Luca Granata from Melinda.All of the other destinations want.....

Tony Derwael, Be'lExport:

"Dicolor is a success commercially, but technical aspects of growing need some work"

Despite Conférence's success, innovations are always sought after in pear cultivation. In 2009 Boomkwekerij René Nicolaï, Belgium introduced the new pear variety Dicolor. The sales of this variety take place through a closed chain concept through the Limburgse Tuinbouw Veiling and Bel'Export, the same.....

Jos Craemers, Veiling Borgloon: "Coming merger stimulus for new cooperation"

"The trade is demanding larger Conference pears"

Belgium and the Netherlands are the most important producers of the Conference pear. Conference in its turn is the most important pear variety and the production is still increasing. The increase in production is entirely thanks to the increase in the area in Belgium and the Netherlands. According to Jos.....

Harvesting of Golden is over, now it's time for Granny

Italy: Apples in Friuli Venezia Giulia are small but taste good

Small but definitely good - this is the description of this year's apples from Friuli Venezia Giulia which, once harvesting is over, will almost reach the 40,000 tons of the previous campaign. "Yields are 10% more than expected and quality is superb," explains Peter Larcher (in the photo below), chairman of.....

Bay Growers, fresh beginnings and renewed focus

Bay Growers has been growing apples for over 100 years and several generations in Grey County, located 90 minutes north of Toronto, Canada. This area offers a unique micro climate ideal for growing apples due to the influence of Georgian Bay and thefertile soils in the lee of the Niagara Escarpment. These.....

AU: Introducing naturally occurring mutations of Cripps Pink into APAL’s Pink Lady® business

The Pink Lady® brand, which was originally only licensed by Apple and Pear Australia Limited (APAL), for use in relation to the ‘Cripps Pink’ apple variety, has been a global success. The brand’s unique model ensures that only the highest quality apples can be sold under the brand - ultimately providing a.....

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Poland: Apple volume to rise to 4 million tonnes

It was believed that the Polish apple season would be delayed this year but due to good weather conditions in early autumn, the harvest is on time. "Currently, we are in the middle of the harvest period," explains Jan Nowakowski from Genesis Fresh. "Gala, Champion and Ligol apples have been harvested already.....

Roel Vermeulen: "We expect a labour reduction of 20-30%"

Flevofruit tests new sorting machine for Conférence pears

Flevofruit from Biddinghuizen is currently testing a new sorting machine for Conférence pears. The brothers Roel and Wyno Vermeulen have chosen the French machine builder MAF Roda, who used a similar machine for sorting carrots - the machine is specifically designed for oblong products - but Flevofruit has.....

Xian Huang: "Lower imports due to high cost of fruit in China"

Chinese Asian pear season in full swing at Yex

At Yex, the Asian pear season is in full swing. "High season runs from August to February. We import Asian pears, of the Golden variety,directly from Chinafor the EU market,"said XianHuang from Yex. The importer explains that German customers particularly enjoy Asian pears, but he expects this will also rise.....

Growing In China SVM LTD Provides A Range Of Services

Shennong Variety Management or SVM for short, based in Kunming City Yunan, is presently operating test sites in all of the main horticultural production provinces of China.According to information from SVM, “the company with eight years in China under its belt provides a range of services to cultivar owners.....

Jan Timmermans: "I expect prices are rock bottom now"

Price pressure on Conference pears, especially the smaller sizes

The Conference pear harvest has been higher than originally expected and that has created price pressure especially for thesmaller sizes. At the auction in Belgium today, the price per kilo was around 60-75 cents for the large size, 30-50 cents for middle sized, and around 25 cents for the small.....

UK: Biggest harvest yet for concept Conference Pear orchard

Producing the equivalent of more than 54 tonnes per hectare, the 2013 Conference Pear harvest from the Concept Pear Orchard at East Malling Limited, has also shown a strong variation between the four growing methods for the first time.In only its fifth leaf and fourth harvest, the demonstration Concept Pear.....

Koen de Roy: "Large price gap between small and large sizes"

This season may see more competition amongst European top fruit

At exporter Herwi, in the Netherlands,top fruit export is running at full steam. Salesman Koen de Roy tells of his anticipation for the coming season. "The pears are a little bit smaller than first thought but there are still too many. This means that this yearthe price gap between smaller and larger sizes.....

Anthony Clark, Mansfields

"Not a bumper crop, but looking forward to a positive season"

The English apple season is well under way at Mansfields, one of the biggest fruit growers in the UK. Anthony Clark, says the weather during the growing season was good, "There was the right amount of warmth and cold and it was not too wet. We also had a good contrast of day/night temperatures which has.....

Redpack’s flow wrapper premier machine for trayless top fruit packing

Apple growers have been demanding a flow wrapping machine that can wrap apples without a tray, with a high quality pack appearance and in a format to suit supermarket shelves. However apples are notoriously easy to damage and bruise so have to be handled very carefully “soft packaging” as it’s known in the.....

English apples, late but great

The fruit has been delayed by more than three weeks due to the long cold spring and late arrival of summer, which reduced the quantity of apples as well as their size, English Apples and Pears said.According to the trade association, the crop has not been this late since 1985.However, one of the warmest.....

Fabio Zanesco (VI.P)

Italy: October is the month of Red and Golden Delicious apples

Because of the 10-12 day delay in the harvesting of apples in Alto Adige, the marketing of fruits has been delayed as well, so sales began in mid-September."Sales in Italy and abroad started around two weeks ago with the Gala variety, the first that was harvested. Fruits are of medium-small grades but the.....

Early Pink Lady® game changer for growers and retail

With the look and flavor identical to the ‘standard’ Pink Lady® brand apple, this early sister is wearing the Pink Lady® Trademark with several important differences. The standard Pink Lady® sometimes requires brief storage time for its sugars and acid to balance. The early Pink Lady® is ready for market.....

Emcaral offers safe conservation of apples and pears

The apple & pear market is changing. There is a growing awareness in the use of additives and some large distribution chains are not accepting any more apples treated with 1mcp. Other substances, such as anti-scalding diphénylamine (DPA) are now forbidden in Europe. These new regulations are shifting the.....

UK: Pink Lady® celebrates its 21st Birthday with a sales boost

One of the UK’s most popular apple brands has reported a sales increase of more than 7% following a summer of high-profile marketing activityPink Lady® has reported that summer sales of its apples by volume are up by over 7% compared to the same period last year. This equates to over 1,000,000 more kilos.....

Urs Luder, CEO GKE: "Expansion production Southern Hemisphere"

"Every year closer to year-round Kanzi

The European Kanzi season will start again in mid October. According to Urs Luder, CEO of GKE, the number of Kanzi trees has almost reached 5 million. Despite the difficult growing season he expects a good year. "Kanzi did relatively well and started flowering at exactly the right moment. The fruit had a.....