Pears

The Metis® brand made its appearance in Europe almost nine years ago with only one variety present at the end of the season: Sunset Sky. Since then, the range has been expanded with four additional varieties, making it possible to offer continuity of the supply from June to November. read more

Over the past week, the average wholesale price for watermelons in Uzbekistan has decreased by a third and current wholesale prices are 20% lower than at the same of 2022, EastFruit reports. read more

The contact group from Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal met in Santarém, Portugal, on Monday and Tuesday to analyze the data from the 2022/2023 campaign and forecasts for the current campaign. read more

We enter the Rosa Pitaya greenhouses developed by Novagric and the first thing that strikes us is the colours that surround us. We see bright green cacti as they climb and intertwine around the structure that supports it, covering it completely. From the branches hang a fruit
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In line with the seasonal situation, Spanish shipments predominated for both peaches and nectarines. They were flanked by Italian goods. The first fruits from Greece appeared in Frankfurt and Munich, but the quality was not always convincing. According to the BLE, availability had expanded
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The Colombia Avocado Board (CAB), the promotional arm of the Colombian avocado industry in the US, has published its first ever Colombian avocado handling guide. read more

British Apples and Pears presents monthly data as a percentage of all British apples sold, by supermarkets. There is also a comparison data point of the grocery market share for that supermarket. We would expect the share of British apples sold to be about the same as the supermarket’s grocery
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Perla Nera has become a case for Mediaset to use in a commercial key to highlight the potential of advertising and, for the whole fruit and vegetable sector, an example of how to make a brand even in a sector, such as watermelons, dominated until yesterday by the
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The first records of its existence date back to1411 and today, despite the fact that the product struggles to be cultivated on an area of more than one hectare, the Tortona fragrant strawberry is still talked about. The fruit was in serious danger of disappearing in the early 2000s, reason
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The berry season in Ukraine is gaining momentum. Traditionally, the first berry to appear on the market is the garden strawberry. Even though the blueberry season has not started yet, some farmers began to harvest the first crops of this crop at the end of May. In particular, in the berry farm
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Many eagerly await the asparagus season every year. For them, the moment when these seasonal vegetables can start to be harvested is always a highlight, but "the white gold" season isn't a long one. By June, volumes slowly begin to dwindle, and this year's season already appears to be nearing
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The start of the topfruit season wasn’t auspicious but, as poorly as it had started, it could be heading to a strong run for South African pears. read more

Rijk Zwaan is approaching its 100th birthday and continues with the same vitality as ever. Its tomato catalogue is being renewed with materials such as Margymeno (74-PL001 RZ), a pear tomato for export that stands out for its good skin quality, durability on the plant and good heat setting. This year
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De Ruiter®, a Bayer brand, is the benchmark in tomato rootstocks and, as such, tries to stay ahead of trends with materials that provide solutions to the new problems that are appearing in the field. The reduction of authorised active ingredients and the consequent reduction of
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Top Seeds has expanded its tomato portfolio with the Arondir pear. The variety has been commercially available since April, and is characterised by maintaining the homogeneity of the fruit and the pear shape from start to finish, with a good red colour that does not change, even if there are cold problems. read more

The 2023 APAL Awards for Excellence were held in Melbourne on 1 June acknowledging some of the Australian apple and pear industry’s great contributors and achievements. read more

For Manel Simon, director general of the Catalan Fruit Business Association (Afrucat), "the area affected by the Urgell canal basically produces apples and pears, the heart of stone fruit production is located in the Baix Segre, where at the moment it is being irrigated with some
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European apple stocks in May were 17.4% lower than in 2022 according to WAPA, the World Apple and Pear Association, who released the apple and pear stock figures for 1 May 2023. The figures show that in Europe apple stocks decreased by 17.4% compared to 2022 to reach 1 270 523 T, while pear
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Whereas Belgian organic apples are still having a tough time toward the end of the season, organic pears are already in particularly high demand. "We have never had to commit so much volume so early for next season," says Gunther De Vadder of the Belgian Fruit Auction (BFV). read more

"We have pears on offer all year round. Through a supplier called Sandri, who grows pears himself, we will obtain our goods from Italy. As soon as the Italian season is over, we purchase overseas produce from Argentina and Chile, via the same supplier. The next season for Italian produce will
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