Pomefruit growers appreciate Cape’s summer rain as dams start running dry
The Western Cape is receiving larger amounts of summer rainfall than usual just as the Department of Water and Sanitation has notified the public that the average level of Western Cape dams has fallen below 50%.
“The rain is very welcome for apples and pears,” says a Ceres-based pomefruit technician. He adds that it is markedly less welcome on unharvested stonefruit and in the
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