Melons

Consumer interest in organically produced fruits and vegetables is increasing. To help growers meet this demand, Clemson University scientists are now studying watermelon production methods to develop strategies to improve productivity and profitability of organic vegetables. read more

The Australian melon industry is calling for a stop to the media scaremongering of consumers about the current price of watermelon. In recent days watermelon prices have been portrayed as ‘skyrocketing’, ‘expensive’ and ‘price surge’ in Australia, which is factually incorrect. read more

The brassica campaign forTop Melon started a few weeks ago. The company from Pantalla (Perugia), which is already one of Italy's leading producers of melons and watermelons, has in recent years expanded its range to include these typical autumn-winter vegetables. read more

Ancd-Conad, Ancc-Coop, Federdistribuzione, Confcommercio and FIESA-Confesercenti, together with the associations representing the pharmacy and parapharmacy sectors, signed yesterday at Palazzo Chigi, in the presence of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the protocol of understanding for the
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Most Ukrainian producers completed the watermelon sales season this week, EastFruit project analysts report. At the same time, key market players note that this year the watermelon sales season in Ukraine ends 2 weeks later than a year ago, but Ukrainian farmers are offering the latest batches
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The agricultural and livestock company Keops Agro, a producer of different crops, specialising in tomatoes, peppers, watermelons and citrus fruits, is taking part in Fruit Attraction with the aim of continuing to demonstrate its leadership in the fruit and vegetable sector. read more

The brassica campaign forTop Melon started a few weeks ago. The company from Pantalla (Perugia), which is already one of Italy's leading producers of melons and watermelons, has in recent years expanded its range to include these typical autumn-winter vegetables. read more

Kelowna Fruit-N-Veggies has reopened the largest corn maze in the Okanagan Valley at the end of August. Junior partner Dominique Coulombe: "Last year we just had the one path, which was about an hour and a half. This year we have the standard path that we added. It's like other corn mazes in the
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Most Ukrainian producers completed the watermelon sales season this week, EastFruit project analysts report. At the same time, key market players note that this year the watermelon sales season in Ukraine ends 2 weeks later than a year ago, but Ukrainian farmers are offering the latest batches
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This year there will be no great novelties. The company is committed to following the same trend as in previous years, maintaining volumes in almost all products (lettuce, courgette and watermelon). But the exception that proves the rule will be cauliflower. "We are going to increase the
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Spanish fruit growers and suppliers Grupo Clasol and Cooperativa San Alfonso in Valencia have merged. This business combination creates an anticipated €120 mln revenue business for the 2023/24 financial year with more than 2,000 employees. read more

On September 18 and 19, officials of the territorial department of Rosselkhoznadzor, identified quarantine pests in four batches of fresh melons received from Uzbekistan. Namely: the polyphagous humpback fly (Megaselia scalaris) and the melon fly (Myiopardalis pardalina). The total volume of
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EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to Uzbekistan’s rapid increase fresh watermelon exports in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, the country exported 81.8 thousand tons of watermelons, which became a historical record, beating the previous one by 67%. In 2023 Uzbekistan has already
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This is a time of transition between the summer and autumn campaigns, a time when we usually draw conclusions from the season we left behind and turn towards the one to come. With Giuseppe De Filippo, sales manager of Futuragri, we analysed
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EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to Uzbekistan’s rapid increase fresh watermelon exports in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, the country exported 81.8 thousand tons of watermelons, which became a historical record, beating the previous one by 67%. In 2023 Uzbekistan has already
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Paco the tomato, Raniero the radicchio, Valeria the peach, Melchiorre the melon, Cinzia the cherry, Francesca the strawberry, Carmen the carrot, Car Carlo the artichoke, Lino the lemon, Carlone the cardboard wizard. These are just a few of the 22 fantastic fruit and packaging characters
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The 2023 melon season will make history as the most erratic, says Hans van den Heuvel of the Dutch company HillFresh International. That is due to the harsh weather conditions. "Despite that, we're delighted with how our Limelon performed this year," he begins. read more

The demand for watermelons has been reactivated in Europe, as temperatures have reached over 30 degrees in much of the continent, giving a boost to the Spanish open ground watermelon campaign at this time when, despite the approaching end of the season, there is still a significant supply available. read more

Despite a lower average yield, a late start to the harvest and lower sales, the watermelon season in Sardinia seems to have been positive. Salvatore Lotta (pictured below), commercial director of Agricola Campidanese, a growers' organization under the L'Orto di Eleonora brand, shares his opinion
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Actors on stage on an unusual stage: the fruit and vegetable department of participating shops. The Spettacoli alla Frutta (Fruit Shows) initiative is back, a live edition that 'stages' 22 performers as fantastic characters such as Paco the tomato or Raniero the radicchio, Valeria the
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