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Good Sharon Fruit Harvest Expected

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Farmer's Weekly 5 May 2017

South Africa’s sharon fruit season is currently underway, and according to a statement issued by Sharon Fruit South Africa and MOR International, the industry is looking forward to harvesting excellent quality fruit this year.

- Jeandre Du Preez

Good Sharon Fruit Harvest Expected

Overall volume was, however, expected to be slightly lower than last year.

Current weather conditions, with plenty of sunshine, had raised expectations of an excellent 2017 sharon fruit season, the statement said. “The summer has been relatively hot and dry and this will further boost fruit quality this year,” said Meir ben Artzy, senior executive at MOR International, the company that markets sharon fruit locally as well as internationally.

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