North America Edition
During the 2014 fruit season in Austria, 272,000 tonnes of fruit (excluding elderberries) were cultivated, according to 'Statistik Austria'. That's 25% more than in 2013, and 12% more than the ten-year average, German website Gabot.de reports. This increase in production was realized despite slightly adverse weather conditions, with drought in spring, a summer with humid, cool weather and few hours of sunshine, and a very rainy autumn. Fruit quality partly suffered from these adverse weather conditions, particularly the berries. The good water supply, however, also caused larger stonefruit.
Elderberries saw a better than average harvest with a production amount of 9,600 tonnes (+32% compared to 2013), but due to the wet weather, the required quality often wasn't achieved.
