Chile bets on new fruit varieties for 2012-2013

According to information published by a daily national newspaper, in Chile the fruit industry has for a long time been looking for novelties that could have good results and be an answer to the national and international demand of fruits. In that sense, there are some new varieties with interesting results for the 2012/2013 campaign.

Regarding citrus, specially mandarine, it has to adapt to a demand that refuses seeds. So, the search for varieties looked for an answer to this demand. One of the answers is "Tango", a variety with a mutation introduced by "W. Murcott" causing the fruit to grow without seeds. It's also a late species. Although, as happens in other cases with new varieties, Tango is not of free-access. To cultivate it one must belong to a Club; meaning, the producer must have an agreement with the representatives of this variety in Chile. In this case, its Llahuén nurseries.

Regarding this, Luis Fernández, general manager for UniViveros, a company that holds a contract with Llahuén, comments that this variety has been planted in Chile this year, for the first time and in two or three years time it will start to be exported. While during 2011 the late varieties "or" and "mor" were planted.

Source: Simfruit.cl