Club varieties bear the brunt in subdued European topfruit market
The “massive” impact of hail in Ceres and Grabouw was probably underestimated in the South African topfruit industry’s first crop estimate, according to topfruit producer and exporter Tru-Cape.
From what they’ve been seeing in their packhouses over February, Tru-Cape’s managing director Roelf Pienaar told journalists at a press briefing, they reckon that apple and pear

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