Sun World launches Ruby Rush grape brand
International table grape breeder Sun World has announced the launch of its new Ruby Rush brand of red seedless grapes. “Sun World licensed growers are harvesting Ruby Rush branded grapes this

Chiquita keeps its London bus campaign on the road
Fruit marketer Chiquita says a total of seven branded double-decker buses will bring brightness and cleaner air to parts of London this summer. The recurring outdoor advertising has become an

Nielsen: breakfast market is worth 8 billion, fruit accounts for only 8%
Breakfast? 70% of Italians eat it all the time. When they do happen to skip it, it is due to lack of appetite (42%), time (39%) or habit (28%), especially the very young (aged between 11 and 19)

Piñata Farms reaps benefit of tracking technology
Four years after major fruit producer Piñata Farms introduced Australian-designed technology to track the temperature and location of premium berries and mangoes along the supply chain, it has

Qualified contribution to the 'pesticides' debate
Dear Editor, Just recently I had the opportunity to read the correspondence that took place last May between Italia Fruit News and colleagues Maini and Gullino, and having been quoted as one

Blackberries, excellent harvest but disappointing prices
The cool weather in May and June has favoured the ripening of small fruit in the Veronese area, with an abundant harvest and an excellent quality product. Slightly less satisfactory are the prices

Parlapiano presents its summer excellences: Ribera pear thighs and pescabivona fish
The marketing of the excellent summer fruits, the Pera Coscia di Ribera and Pescabivona IGP, typical Sicilian regional products, unique in the world for their organoleptic characteristics, will

Fruit and vegetables at EUR 0.99 per kilogram: 'It's unfair competition'
Last week's article on the malpractice of selling fruit and vegetables at EUR 0.99 per kilogram (click here to read it) - in defiance of health and hygiene regulations, commercial quality and tax

Frullà, the Emilia-Romagna Igp pear flavour is born
In Emilia-Romagna, 70% of Italian pears are cultivated. Due to their exceptional quality in 1998, they were the first fruit to receive IGP recognition in the European Union. The Protected

Mercadona back to the hard discounter?
It is an unlucky season for Spanish watermelons and melons. As we wrote recently (click here to read more), the campaign was heavily marked by the weather events of the last few months: a

The heat wave is burning fruits and vegetables
Climatic changes are disrupting the countryside where there has been a 10% cut in wheat production while the honey harvest has fallen by 70% compared to last year, but orchards are also in trouble

Russian forces caused over 2.4 million euros in damages to an orchard enterprise in the Kherson region
The 'Enograi' enterprise, specializing in fruit cultivation, suffered significant losses due to the occupation of the Kherson region. Preliminary calculations indicate damages caused by the

Strawberries triumph at Wimbledon
This weekend (Sunday 17 July, ed.) saw the conclusion of the world's most famous tennis tournament, and the Wimbledon final gave us the consecration of the new world tennis phenomenon Carlos

Poland calls on the EU to ban the import of frozen berries from Ukraine
Polish farmers fear a repeat of the situation with grain when uncontrolled imports affect the market and cause a significant price drop. This time we are talking about frozen strawberries and

First appointment for the Global Tropicals Congress
Some of the largest companies in the fresh produce industry will attend the first Global Tropicals Congress, to be held in The Hague on 14 September to discuss the latest trends and growth

Syngenta launches Ice Country, pest-resistant Iceberg lettuce
Climate change brings with it increases in plant diseases that damage production. Syngenta Vegetable Seeds is concentrating research on new varieties with resistance packages to new breeds of

La Unió Llauradora estimates direct losses of around 44 million euros for melon and watermelon growers.
La Unió Llauradora estimates that direct losses for Valencia's melon and watermelon growers will be around 44 million euros this season as a consequence of a series of weather problems that have

UK road freight services defy inflation, with stable prices year-on-year
The latest data from the TEG Road Transport Price Index shows that year-on-year haulage and courier prices remain stable, despite inflation pushing prices up elsewhere. However, this stability

"Pfälzer Grumbeere is a quality seal in itself"
The domestic early potato campaign continues to run at full speed. "We are currently receiving very nice quality salad potatoes of the Annabelle variety from the Palatinate. You can tell that the

With the citrus peak just ahead, Durban clips along
Last week a few citrus trucks were stuck in snow on Mpumalanga’s Long Tom Pass, but the snow quickly melted and has not left much damage. The late mandarin crop is almost halfway done in

GBF reports strong demand for Cherish
New Zealand apple grower-packer-marketer Golden Bay Fruit (GBF) is fine-tuning its marketing for Cherish apples to highlight the key attributes driving growing demand for the variety across Asia.

An exhibition dedicated to apples and pears at the Fruit Museum
There is a place where hundreds of varieties of apples, pears, plums, peaches and many other fruits are gathered in a unique pomological collection. We are talking about the Fruit Museum in Turin

French fruit on sale on the wholesale market and large quantities of Spanish products
Peaches and Apricots of France and FNPFruits have contacted the Union of Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers (UNGCFL) to “organize an urgent meeting and find solutions.” “The market of summer