"It's full steam ahead for sales this pear season'"
Currently, 72 pickers are bringing in the pear crop at Van Haaften Fruit in the Netherlands. "The fruit has top quality, but the volumes are lacking," says Peter van Haaften, who describes the harvest as the year's climax for every grower.
The Van Haaften family's fourth generation.
Van Haaften Fruit is run by brothers Gertjan, Peter, and Dinand van Haaften. The company
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