Pear news archive – Page 60
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ArticleAustralian growers meet new pears
Australian growers have been introduced to more than 20 new pear varieties at a tasting in Victoria
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ArticleNZ apple growers feel China’s pain
New Zealand’s pipfruit industry chief believes Chinese apple exporters will continue to face Australian resistance
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ArticleNZ top fruit hangs in balance
The UK is traditionally one of the strongest markets for New Zealand top fruit, but the weak sterling coupled with a smaller crop this season could mean a shift in the status quo. Doris Lee Butterworth speaks to leading producers and importers to gauge the situation
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ArticleAustralian apple growers concerned
Australia’s apple growers have expressed dismay at Biosecurity Australia’s import risk analysis for Chinese apples
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ArticleMitchell does National Fruit Show double
The Robert Mitchell Partnership came out as double winners in this year’s National Fruit Show (NFS) long-term farm stored competition.
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ArticleTalking Heads | Pierre Pérès
Fruitnet.com talks to ABPM chairman Pierre Pérès about his career so far and his thoughts on the fresh produce industry
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ArticleHeat cuts South African topfruit exports
Unfavourable weather that has been impacting produce across the world is now also negatively affecting South Africa's apple and pear crop
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ArticleCanada unveils pear consumer guide
New marketing tool designed to increase awareness of pears among French-speaking consumers in Quebec
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ArticleConceptual thinking from EMRA
East Malling Research Association’s (EMRA) concept pear orchard will produce its first harvest this year and will reach full production by 2015.
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ArticleBarlow urges UK pear push
UK pear growers should aim to triple their yields to make the country more self-sufficient, with new orchards and further research, according to English Apples and Pears Ltd’s chief executive, Adrian Barlow.
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Sainsbury's backtracks on Basics pears
Sainsbury’s has admitted setting guidelines for its Basics range of pears at too high a level.
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ArticleSouth Africa pushes fruit basket
South Africa has its very own fruit basket in the shape of the Western Cape, where apples and pears, plums, peaches and nectarines and table grapes make up the main lines grown for the UK market. At the same time, the region’s striking natural beauty is still relatively undiscovered by UK tourists. This connection has, for the second time this year, been the basis of the Beautiful Country, Beautiful Fruit campaign. So now that supplies are in full swing, how are growers and exporters making sure they remain at the top of their game? Anna Sbuttoni reports from South Africa
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First signs of spring in air as new crops make entrance
Despite the cold, wet and still, in some places, snowy weather, I am encouraged that the early signs of spring may be on the