Plums

The mild weather of these days generates a significant drop in prices for vegetables, with a 50% drop in the cost of aubergines and a 37% drop in the cost of Abruzzo Romanesco broccoli compared to a fortnight ago. read more

The new persimmon and chestnut campaign has started, onions are still on record prices while Italian lettuces continue to fall. New apple varieties continue to arrive in the markets, most recently the Stark Delicious. For plums, the latest entry is the Angeleno. It is about to
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South Africa’s Custom Plum Company has said it had an exciting year in US and now also hoped sufficient progress would be made soon to export its products to China. read more

The national subtropical season arrives marked by a drastic drop in production in the area par excellence, La Axarquía. The lack of water has caused the mango harvest to plummet, which will be 80% lower than in a normal year and will end around a month earlier than usual due to the
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The Italian table grape campaign is now in full swing: the most popular varieties are Italy and Victoria. Italian apple production is increasing, especially from Trentino and the Royal Gala from the plains. The first Angeleno plums are arriving. The production of figs is coming to an end
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This is a time of transition in the wholesale markets; on the one hand, mild temperatures are pushing the consumption of summer fruit, which is generally in the final stages of the campaign, and on the other hand, autumn references are appearing, which are not yet finding major outlets. read more

As October slowly nears, the switch from the summer season to fall is also gradually starting. The first 'fall products' are trickling into wholesaler Sebrechts Groenten en Fruit, but, for now, 'summer' imported fruit is still in demand. "Plums and grapes are still selling the best. The good
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Farmers in the Western Cape regard a possibility of frost damage accompanying the snow and icy rain of the past weekend (with more rain expected this coming weekend). The cold was such that even in the Northern Cape, cold winds damaged table grape vineyards. read more

While niche crops such as tropical fruits, garlic or sweet potatoes have gained a lot of importance in recent years, table grapes from German production are still a rarity. In the greenhouses of the Kremers farm in Heinsberg, directly on the German-Dutch border, dark, red as well as light grapes
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The watermelon and melon campaign is drawing to a close, with the latter marked by high trends. With the Sicilian production, that of peaches and nectarines is also coming to a close. All the late varieties of plums are now present, with the latest entries, President, Settembrina and Fortuna. The
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The organic plum season out of California will run until the end of October this year. “Supplies are good now. Typically the season starts in early May. However the season got started late like all the other tree fruit did including peaches, nectarines and apricots along with grapes and
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It has been a very difficult sales year for Balkan plums so far. "Due to the abundant German harvest, there is a particularly large amount of product available and the demand for imported goods is low as a result of this. Sales have been lacking as a result, and German produce has also been
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The Sicilian prickly pear campaign has started, while that of watermelons, melons, peaches and nectarines is coming to an end. Change of varieties for plums, with summer cultivars giving way to other varieties, such as Stanley, Grossa di Felisio.Due to the climate there is a shortage of product
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Washington fresh apple exports this year are estimated to fall 18.7% from a year ago, according to the August 2023 Washington Apple Commission. So far this year, 23.5% of Washington’s apples have been exported. As of Aug. 13, 2023, 21,942,000 cartons of Washington apples have gone to export
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Moldova, with its rising plum exports, invites EU importers to discover its 2023 plum harvest. "A strong start to the season is evident as 6,500 tons of plums have been exported, with 4,000 tons reaching EU markets like Germany, Austria, and Croatia," says Iurie Fala, CEO of the Fruit Producers
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"The current plum season is certainly better than that of 2022, when producer prices were recorded as low as €0.20 per kilo," said Maria Cuppone, a stone fruit grower and fruit and vegetables operator from the southern Italian province of Matera. "The demand has increased tremendously in
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Currently, the domestic plum is being harvested in Paizawat (Northwest China). On July 21, Zhongli, a local agricultural company, exported a unique variety of domestic plums in the county to Malaysia. This is the first batch of plums delivered abroad this year. read more

While the peach and nectarine campaigns are heading towards their end in the Spanish region of Extremadura, the plum season is now underway with fewer kilos than initially expected, said Antonio Pereira, of Sol Badajoz. "We thought the volumes were going to be lower only for the May and June
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Ten days late, on July 26, the Reine-Claude plum harvest began. Some 1,000 tons of label-grade plums are expected to be harvested this year, thanks to the hard work of 53 growers covering 77 ha. A campaign going quite well after two consecutive years of frost: "This year is a good one, despite a
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A few months ago, at the 10th Dry Plums EXPO, Pedro Pablo Díaz, the president of Chileprunes stressed that one of the sector's greatest strategic objectives was to export to the giant Indian market. read more