Pears

CMI Orchards introduces its new pear-packing technology with benefits for retailers and consumers. The company’s recent expansions on the technology used to pack, market and sell pears are something it has been working toward for a while and is thrilled to be able to share it, CMI’s Sarah
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A spin-out company from the University of Bristol has secured £500,000 to develop technology to help boost food production in commercial greenhouses. read more

The 2023 apple harvest in Georgia is expected to be the same yield compared to the 2022 season – about 100 tnd tons, but of lower quality due to the spread of the climate-induced apple scab disease. Like the last year, May and June 2023 appeared to be cold and rainy, which might negatively
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“Economic Cooperative doo Serbia” is specialized nursery for the production of fruit plants: apples, pears, cherries, plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, grapevines, raspberries, blackberries, walnuts, hazelnuts, etc., and also rootstock plants, rose seedlings and ornamental plants with an
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The PDO expects to harvest around 25,000,000 kilos (25,000 tonnes) of pears this year, which is an increase on the previous year, due to the good weather conditions in recent weeks and to the fact that the drought that occurred in April and August has been overcome.
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Over the last few weeks, the Unió Llauradora has detected a physiopathology in oranges and mandarins that considerably lengthens the fruit and gives it a very different shape to what should be normal at this stage of the season. read more

Prognosfruit has reflected on a successful return to Trentino, Italy, where it gathered more than 350 delegates from the apple and pear sector from Europe and beyond. read more

At the 2023 edition of Prognosfruit, the international reference event for apples and pears, held in Val di Non, Italy, the latest forecasts for the coming campaign were announced. Production estimates for 2023 in the EU are for a 3% contraction in the apple harvest to 11.41m tons, but exactly
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“Michigan is expecting a normal-sized apple crop this year which is less than the unusually large crop last year. The apple quality looks to be very good,” says Ken Korson, Apple Category Manager for North Bay Produce, Inc. read more

The hospitality industry accounted for 10 per cent of administrations in the first six months of 2023 – the fourth highest sector in the UK – according to analysis by full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau.  read more

Yesterday saw the start in Val di Non of the 2023 edition of Prognosfruit, the international reference event for apples and pears. As the President of Apot, Ennio Magnani, pointed out, "we decided to host the event here in Trentino, in the old processing hall of a cooperative
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Apple and pear production forecasts were released during the eagerly awaited Prognosfruit annual conference, organised this year in Trentino by Apot (Trentino Fruit and Vegetable Producers Association) together with Wapa (World Apple and Pear Association) and Copa-Cogeca
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At the Prognosfruitsconference held recently in Trento, indications emerged on the pereproduction forecast for 2023; read more

The San Cono prickly pear campaign is on the starting blocks for Agricola Azzurra, a company specialising in the production and marketing of fresh fruit and vegetables from the Italian chain. read more

European Union apple production is set to decrease by 3.3 per cent in 2023 compared to last year to 11.410m tonnes. This puts the crop in line with the average of the previous three years (+0.3 per cent). read more

What is the ideal rootstock for an Abate Fétel pear tree? Up until a few years ago, the answer would have been simple: quince is the first choice and, if the conditions are not right, particularly due to the high lime content of the soil, we fall back on franc or
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Prognosfruit 2023 is currently taking place in Trentino, Italy, gathering more than 300 delegates from the apple and pear sector from Europe and beyond. During the first sessions of the conference, the apple and pear crop forecast estimates for the upcoming season were released. read more

An icon of Sicily and Sicilianity, the Etna PDO Barbera prickly pear is cultivated by the group of the same name on the slopes of the volcano, where the soil gives it unique organoleptic and quality properties. From there, it is carefully processed and then marketed on the
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Watermelon and high temperatures are such an inseparable combination that this fruit is one of the most 'meteoropathic' in terms of consumption of the entire fruit and vegetable sector. Without warm weather, demand freezes, but if the mercury rises, as it increasingly does
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In the Moldovan fruit market, a local apple of summer varieties appeared in the middle of last month, and at once in a reasonably large quantity and a relatively wide variety assortment. The 2023 season of early apple sales in the country started about a week earlier than last year but at about
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