USA apples bite into UK market

The supply of apples to the UK market is such that US exporters have an excellent opportunity to make the most of a vintage crop in the next few months. In what is described by one exporter as a “one in five or six” season, US-grown Empire, McIntosh and Gala are all expected to enjoy success in the 2004 campaign, while a shortage of fresh Bramley could open doors - or at least a window - for cooking types Rome and Crispin. Tommy Leighton reports.