Now that the season of the summer apples is almost over, the Elstar season has started at Fruitveiling Zuid-Limburg. Today it was followed by the first Conference pears. "It will be a changing top fruit year, in which one variety will be distinctly better off than the next," expects director Michel Schrijnemaekers.
"There will be considerably less apples, so I won't be surprised if the apple prices are a lot higher than in recent years. What is important is that the harvest in the German Rheinland - an important competitor for us - and in Bodensee is very low. Only the north of Germany is reporting a good harvest. The harvest is also very average for pears and I expect reasonable prices, especially for coarse pears. I hear a lot of growers complaining that the size is lacking and this will likely result in a considerable price difference between the sortings."
Last week dissatisfied Junami growers meet in a crisis meeting to talk about the future of this club variety. "I've read about it too, but wasn't there myself and I don't know if our growers were. We haven't spoken about it within Inova over the holidays, but we will soon," expects Michel.
For more information:
Coöperatieve Fruitveiling Zuid-Limburg
Aan de Fremme 33
6269 BK Margraten
Tel: 0031 (0) 43-458588
Fax: 0031 (0) 43-4588599
[email protected]
www.veilingzl.nl
For more information:
Coöperatieve Fruitveiling Zuid-Limburg
Aan de Fremme 33
6269 BK Margraten
Tel: 0031 (0) 43-458588
Fax: 0031 (0) 43-4588599
[email protected]
www.veilingzl.nl
