Accelerated vegetation in orchards. Beginning of the mouse-ear phase
Author: Krystyna Zagorska 23 March 2023 15:56 Idared and Ligol - in these two varieties vegetation has taken off the fastest. We are seeing the beginnings of the mouse-ear phase. Bud development

"With the consumption of 20 years ago, we would have had a good apple season now"
Price wins out over quality towards the end of the apple season. This is Tony Derwael's conclusion on the current state of affairs. "The situation is of course generally known, but due to

"Belgian Jonagold apples won't ever disappear, but seem to have little use on the export market"
Jonagold apples are struggling. In Belgium, this variety is still, by far, the most popular apple, yet there are reports of more and more Belgian growers uprooting their Jonagold trees. Does the

Switzerland: Organic apple sales in January higher than in previous years - organic pear stocks soon empty
The stock reduction of organic apples in January amounted to about 946 t, which is more than 100 t more than in January of the last two years, Swisscofel and Biosuisse report. The reductions of

"If organic apple sales don't rise, we'll never get our Jonagolds sold"
As the new year gets underway, the Belgian organic top fruit market situation does not differ much from how things are going with conventional cultivation. "Apples are struggling. That's not news

Current dessert apple prices. How much are sorting plants paying?
Actually, purchase prices for apples have not increased significantly in January 2023. However, there are prospects for an increase in apple prices and this is expected by most market