Melons

Della Casa - As we have already observed in recent weeks (read the full article), the start of this melon campaign is among the most bizarre and indecipherable we can remember. We try to take stock of the situation with Bruno Francescon, President of the PO of the same name. read more

Gautier Semences offers a complete range of melon varieties, particularly adapted to the three main production basins in the southwest, center-west and southeast of France. All of these varieties meet resistance and productivity criteria. “We wanted all our varieties to be resistant to the
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The harvest of Umbrian melons cultivated under tunnels at Top Melon's Pantalla (Perugia) site has started these days. The first fruits present a high level of quality, even if the volumes are not the highest due to the climatic trend of the last period. read more

Along with watermelons, the melon is the undisputed king of the fruit and vegetable department in summer. Its presence is always noticeable, but this is often not enough to boost sales. What is needed, in fact, is a distribution policy that is reflected in a display capacity capable of attracting
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The spring brings the beginning of some long-awaited Spanish fruit seasons, which have already started with some delay in each segment. read more

On the European melon market, May was nothing to write home about. "That applies to not only the overseas season's tail end," says Leon van den Hombergh.  read more

The season for melons in Veneto is off to a bad start, strongly influenced by the rainy and cool May weather. The harvest, which began about ten days ago, has so far been unrewarding for producers, as prices until a few days ago ranged between 30 and 40
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Vellsam Materias Bioactivas continues to help improve the production and quality of crops and with one of its latest biotechnological solutions developed by its R&D&I department has managed to improve the quality of harvested fruit in terms of length, diameter and weight;
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There is no shortage of novelties atAgricola Campidanese. This year, the campaign for the main summer reference products from L'Orto di Eleonora, namely the Eleonora and Gavina mini watermelons, starts early for the Sardinian Op. The credit for this goes to Gavina,which arrives almost a month early thanks to the
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The apricot campaign has started with the Pricia variety for Italian production. The Sicilian and Latium watermelon campaign is also underway. Demand for cherries and melons penalised by the weather is not taking off. The marketing of strawberries is coming to an end. First batches of
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The agricultural season in Morocco is drawing to a close, with the last summer fruit calendars, mainly table grapes, and watermelons. Drought and poor weather conditions have set the tempo for the season and caused a sharp drop in crop yields, even those for which Morocco had achieved export
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"For more than 15 years, the Mundialarar melon has been on the national and international market as the first European product, healthy from a phytosanitary point of view and guaranteed by the scrupulous controls systematically carried out by our agronomists," this is how he begins his speech on the current campaign
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Perla Nerahas launched its 2023 marketing campaign, which will continue until the end of September. Important marketing and promotion activities will be carried out, which will touch on the main sporting events of the year, including the Champions League final. Production on 700 hectares, in gdo
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In May, assortments and spaces dedicated to summer fruit - and among these the earliest category is the melon - begin to grow on supermarket counters, but every year supply and demand clash. In the first two weeks of May, in fact, opposite trends are noted, at the level of
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"Thank you to the president who wanted to come to Emilia to see the situation that the region and the entire nation is facing," she said. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this in Bologna, after flying over the flooded areas with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
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Perla Nera, the dark-skinned, low-seeded midi watermelon, particularly sweet and crunchy, produced exclusively by O.P. Francescon, Peviani S.p.A. and O.P. La Mongolfiera, has just started its 2023 marketing campaign. Archived production in Senegal, which has
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In the Agrigento area, the drama continues for melons, which are the cornerstone product of the horticulture of entire municipalities, such as Licata and Palma di Montechiaro. Last week we reported on an unprecedented commercial phase, with sale prices in the countryside fluctuating between 0.30
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"The Sicilian season of the Cantaloupe melon seems to be turning into an absolute disaster for the growers. They are being offered barely 0.20 cents per kilo for their product," said Alessandro Morgana, a small-scale grower from Palma di Montechiaro. The melons are grown in quite a vast area,
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The rains and lack of sunlight persist throughout the Spanish Levante, casting some doubts as to their possible impact on the supply of upcoming crops, such as watermelon, in the Region of Murcia. read more

A pair of premium melons in Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido fetched 3.5 million yen ($25,000) at the year's first auction. This is the event's second highest bid on record. The bid for the melons - grown in the city of Yubari - exceeded the previous year's by 500,000 yen, but failed to
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